Lamp based on 19 element CANDU fuel bundle

Artifact Number:

2023-006

Description

A desk lamp based on a 19-element CANDU fuel bundle.  The fuel bundle section measures 16.5 cm in length, which corresponds to 1/3 the length of a regular fuel bundle, and has a filler, presumed to be loose sand, to simulate the weight of a uranium-loaded bundle.  This type of bundle was used at the NPD and Douglas Point reactors.  A date of 1971 is stamped on one of the endplates.  Items of this type were often used as retirement gifts for employees.

Details

Keywords:
retirement memento; nuclear fuels
Date:
1971- based on stamped number on fuel endplate.
Associated artifacts:
See Artifact 2018-255 for a similar but more complex assembly based on a CANFLEX fuel bundle.
Notes:

The origins of this artifact are unknown.  It was purchased at a “garage sale” in Campbell River, BC, around the year 2015 and was subsequently donated to the Society.  Similar items have been produced as retirement gifts but it is unknown if the receiver worked for AECL, Ontario Hydro or one of the fuel manufacturing companies.

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