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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
Deep River Area offers nuclear or advanced manufacturers:
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Highly educated workforce
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21% work in the natural or applied sciences
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31% are in professional, scientific or technical service industries
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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
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Reasonable land costs—available residential and commercial land, plus a municipal industrial park in the Town of Laurentian Hills
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Supportive governments—local economic development programs and incentives
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Ready transport links to major North American markets
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Trans-Canada Highway to the Québec – Windsor Corridor
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Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) from nearby Pembroke
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Pembroke and Area Airport, and Ottawa's MacDonald-Cartier Airport
Specific Highlights of our Industries and Technology
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The focal point of nuclear technology in Canada
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48 Candu based heavy water reactors around the world
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Produce 54% of Ontario’s energy
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Refurbishment projects underway in Argentina, Quebec, Korea, New Brunswick and Ontario
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Started in Canada in 1951
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Canada is a world leader in the production of medical isotopes used in diagnosis and treatment
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Chalk River Labs produces over 50% of the world’s medical isotopes
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Over 60,000 procedures a day around the world
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Other applications include sterilization of medical supplies, food and other products
Other Technologies/Applications 
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Materials testing (Aerospace Industry)
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Advanced sealing technology ( NASA’s Space Shuttle Program)
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Explosive Detection Equipment (NATO)
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Radiation Detection Technologies
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