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Slowpoke nuclear reactor
CBC News
Last Updated: April 12, 2011 2:00 PM ET
A cross-section of a SLOWPOKE SES-10 megawatt nuclear reactor design proposed by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited in the 1980s. (Courtesy AECL Ltd.)
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