Nuclear/Advanced Manufacturing

The Deep River Area has been the hub of Canada's nuclear industry for more than 60 years. Deep River Area enterprises have produced:

• CANDU reactors
• Nuclear medicine products
• Materials testing technologies for the aerospace industry
• Advanced sealing technologies for NASA's Space Shuttle Program
• Explosive Detection Equipment technologies for NATO
• Radiation Detection Technologies

• Highly educated workforce
  • 21% work in the natural or applied sciences
  • 31% are in professional, scientific or technical service industries
  • 11% hold post-graduate university degrees
• Well developed municipal service levels—reasonably priced water, sewer, electricity and gas, plus access to a county landfill site
• Reasonable land costs—available residential and commercial land, plus a municipal industrial park in the Town of Laurentian Hills
• Supportive governments—local economic development programs and incentives
• Ready transport links to major North American markets
  • Trans-Canada Highway to the Québec – Windsor Corridor
  • Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) from nearby Pembroke
  • Pembroke and Area Airport, and Ottawa's MacDonald-Cartier Airport

Candu Reactors

• The focal point of nuclear technology in Canada
• 48 Candu based heavy water reactors around the world
• Produce 54% of Ontario’s energy
• Refurbishment projects underway in Argentina, Quebec, Korea, New Brunswick and Ontario

• Started in Canada in 1951
• Canada is a world leader in the production of medical isotopes used in diagnosis and treatment
• Chalk River Labs produces over 50% of the world’s medical isotopes
• Over 60,000 procedures a day around the world
• Other applications include sterilization of medical supplies, food and other products

 

Other Technologies/Applications

• Materials testing (Aerospace Industry)
• Advanced sealing technology ( NASA’s Space Shuttle Program)
• Explosive Detection Equipment (NATO)
• Radiation Detection Technologies