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aids and improved foghorns will increase the safety of Canada’s lake shipping
fleets. More efficient skis for aircraft flying in the far north were developed as
part of a snow research project. The list is endless, and there is no Canadian
who is not helped in some way by the Council’s work.
At the same time, the National Research Council devotes much of its
energy to protecting the way of life which it seeks to improve. Its function
as a research centre for the armed forces is being stressed more and more.
In cold-weather laboratories and in the field, guns, tanks, aircraft engines,
clothing, tents — all the equipment needed for modern war — are tested and
perfected under the most difficult conditions. New de-icing equipment for
aircraft is being developed, and a rain-repellent to keep aircraft windscreens
clear is already widely used. In the Council’s wind-tunnels new aircraft
designs are tested and data of fundamental importance to the study of aero-
dynamics are collected.
Largest of all the Council’s projects is the operation of the nuclear reactor
at Chalk River, Ontario. This reactor is believed to be of the most advanced
design in the world, and an even more modern one is being built. More versatile
than any other, the Chalk River atomic pile is especially useful for research
and has enabled Canadian scientists to make vital contributions to the West’s
understanding of atomic energy. In Canada this knowledge has, so far, been
mainly turned to the development of peacetime uses for the products of atomic
fission. In medicine the new isotope “Cobalt 60” is replacing X-ray for cancer
The Canadian heavy-water pile at Chalk River.
This atomic furnace has the highest flux density
of neutrons of any known reactor. Concen-
trated beams of neutrons are guided from the
reactor to the mass of experimental equipment
round the face of the furnace.
La pile à eau lourde de Chalk River. Le four-
neau atomique produit le rayonnement de
neutrons le plus dense au monde. Les faisceaux
de neutrons sont dirigés depuis la pile jusqu’à
la masse de l’équipement d’expérimentation
fixé autour du fourneau.
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