User:Geo Swan/Radium Charles

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Radium Charles The Radium Charles was launched in 1946.^[1] In 2005 the Atomic Energy Canada published a stody on the toxic legacy of the mining of radioactive ore at Port Radium. It said that the Radium Charles and all other surviving vessels, with the exception of the Radium Gilbert, were uncontaminated. In 2005 she was stored in Hay River.

Noted English professor Hugh MacLennan described riding the ships of the Radium Line for a 1959 article in Maclean's magazine.^[2] In that account he offered the example of the Radium Charles's purser as an example of how working on the Mackenzie was excellent preparation for a young man.

The chief qualification for a man on the modern Mackenzie is that he be a nice fellow. No environment could possibly be better for a student working his way through college or for a young man starting life. One such youth I met working as purser on Radium Charles. He had come out from England only last spring, had been unable to find a job in the cities and had gone north. I have seldom seen a young man whose ultimate success seemed more assured than his.^[2]

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^ "Status Report for the Historic Northern Transportation Route redacted colour" (PDF). Atomic Energy of Canada. December 2005. p. 86. Retrieved 2018-01-13. Ships were used along the NTR to move barges loaded with uranium ore and concentrates (among other materials and supplies). Some vessels also transported cargo on board. Fifteen Radium Series vessels used along the NTR were identified in SENES (1994). Three were ddetermined to have been scrapped, and the disposition of one, the Radium Cruiser, was unknown. Radiological investigations were conducted on the other eleven vessels. Only one, the Radium Gilbert, showed any evidence of contamination.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b Hugh MacLennan (1959-04-11). "The high and mighty MACKENZIE". Maclean's magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-28. The chief qualification for a man on the modern Mackenzie is that he be a nice fellow. No environment could possibly be better for a student working his way through college or for a young man starting life. One such youth I met working as purser on Radium Charles. He had come out from England only last spring, had been unable to find a job in the cities and had gone north. I have seldom seen a young man whose ultimate success seemed more assured than his.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[NtrStatus-1] "Status Report for the Historic Northern Transportation Route redacted colour" (PDF). Atomic Energy of Canada. December 2005. p. 86. Retrieved 2018-01-13. Ships were used along the NTR to move barges loaded with uranium ore and concentrates (among other materials and supplies). Some vessels also transported cargo on board. Fifteen Radium Series vessels used along the NTR were identified in SENES (1994). Three were ddetermined to have been scrapped, and the disposition of one, the Radium Cruiser, was unknown. Radiological investigations were conducted on the other eleven vessels. Only one, the Radium Gilbert, showed any evidence of contamination.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[Macleans1959-04-11-2] Hugh MacLennan (1959-04-11). "The high and mighty MACKENZIE". Maclean's magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-28. The chief qualification for a man on the modern Mackenzie is that he be a nice fellow. No environment could possibly be better for a student working his way through college or for a young man starting life. One such youth I met working as purser on Radium Charles. He had come out from England only last spring, had been unable to find a job in the cities and had gone north. I have seldom seen a young man whose ultimate success seemed more assured than his.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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