DROPPING THE BALL.

The article focuses on the medical isotopes industry in Canada. It notes that Canada used to be a leading supplier of isotopes before the shutdown of the nuclear reactor at Chalk River that was run by the Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. (AECL). It notes that nuclear reactors hold a limited life and the reactor at Chalk River has gone past its beneficial date. Moreover, the plan of the government to substitute two new reactors at the River was not achieved.