Reference

Reference

Resources about Canada's nuclear history

The Society maintains a searchable collection of over 5,000 reference items, which include:
  • books
  • maps
  • CDs, DVDs, video and audiocassettes
  • pamphlets
  • periodicals
  • AECL and non-AECL reports
  • published papers
Access to the collection

The Society does not lend any items in the reference collection.

Limited photo or digital copies may be available in exceptional circumstances; for example, in answer to a reference question. However, we welcome visits by interested researchers to use the reference collection onsite. Library and Archives Canada, and many Canadian major university libraries or similar libraries in other countries, provide interlibrary loans and photocopy services.

 For more information, email us at info@nuclearheritage.com.

Materials used by AECL researchers and other Canadian nuclear scientists and engineers; nearly all were donated by them or their surviving relatives. The catalogue lists the published books, pamphlets, and electronic resources held. 

These include reports from Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and other organizations, and published papers of the Atomic Energy Project of the National Research Council of Canada,  volumes 3-6, 1949-1952.

Generation and Applications of Intense Radiation Sources
by James Ungrin and C. Saunders. A significant number of industrial applications for high-power electron beams at an energy of around 10 MeV began to look very promising in the early 1980s.
One Artifact at a Time – Preserving Canada’s Nuclear Heritage
by Morgan Brown et al. Overview of the evolution of nuclear science and technology in Canada.
The Early History of Deep River and “the Plant”
The town of Deep River and the adjacent Chalk River facility began in 1944, to create a pilot plant for the production of plutonium.
The Establishment of the Montreal Laboratories and the Evolution to Chalk River
The Canadian nuclear timeline that led to the development of CANDU had its beginnings in what are referred to as the “Montreal Labs”.
Jimmy Carter and the NRX Accident – How Legends Grow
Morgan Brown wrote this article for the North Renfrew Times about former President Jimmy Carter's role in the cleanup following the NRX accident in 1952,
The First Two Decades of Neutron Scattering at the Chalk River Laboratories

by T. M. Holden. The building of the National Research Experimental Reactor, NRX, in 1947 set the stage for nuclear research at Chalk River.

Chalk River: The Forgotten Nuclear Accidents

by Mélissa Guillemette. The world’s first serious nuclear accident took place at Chalk River in 1952.

A Glimpse into U of T’s Nuclear Past: the Nuclear-Chicago Radiation Detector

by E. Hoffman, University of Toronto Scientific Instrumentats Collection, 2016. 

Canadian Contribution to the Manhattan Project and Early Nuclear Research

by S. A. Andrews, M. T. Andrews, and T. E. Mason, Nuclear Technology vol 207, 2021.

A Legacy to Nuclear Science and Engineering In Canada

by Saunders and Whiteshell History Committee, an online book about Whiteshell Laboratories

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