A 76 cm long handle, for a wood-chopping/cutting axe, given to Thomas Daniel O’Brien, a long-time Chalk River employee, when he retired from AECL in December 1976 after 30 years of service. Tom had worked in the Rod Bays of NRU/NRX. The axe handle, to help ease him into retirement at his rural home and wood lot is signed by over 130 of his many friends and co-workers at CRNL.