CNL completes HEU target residue material repatriation to USA : Waste & Recycling
26 January 2021 Share Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) announced yesterday that it has completed all shipments of highly enriched uranium target residue material (HEU TRM) from Canada to the USA, bringing its TRM Repatriation Project to "a safe and successful conclusion". The culmination of nearly a decade of work and planning removes "a major nuclear liability" from the Chalk River Laboratories campus, CNL said. The Chalk River Laboratories campus, pictured in 2015 (Image: CNL) HEU TRM is one of the by-products of Molybdenum-99, a medical isotope that was previously produced at the Chalk ...