Dedicated hotline telephone for use between NRU and EOC

Artifact Number:

2021-036

Description

The “hotline” telephone from the Control Room of the National Reactor Universal (NRU) at Chalk River dedicated solely as a contact point to the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in the case of an emergency occurring with the operation of the reactor.  The secure, dedicated-line, Model K-1500 P-D, telephone was manufactured by Viking Electronics.  Within NRU Operations it was nicknamed the “Bat Phone”.

Details

Keywords:
nuclear safety; nru reactor
Date:
n/a
Notes:

At the time of cataloguing it was not known when the phone was installed. It is also not known if the phone was ever used other than in regular tests.

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