Drink coaster celebrating 50 years of generating electricity with nuclear power

Artifact Number:

2020-038

Description

A thin, clear-acrylic disc issued by the Canadian Nuclear Society in 2012 to celebrate “50 Years of Nuclear Electricity in Canada.”  The first nuclear-generated electricity was generated by the Nuclear Power Demonstration (NPD) reactor at Rolphton, ON, in 1962.  The disc measures 10 cm in diameter.

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Keywords:
commemorative
Date:
2012
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