MAPLE stands for Multipurpose Applied Physics Lattice Experiment, which resulted in two completely new nuclear reactors, the only ones in the world built specifically to produce medical isotopes. A single MAPLE reactor can supply all the isotopes the world currently needs; with the second MAPLE as a backup. There's just one problem: the MAPLEs have never been given the official go-ahead. And chances are, they never will. Instead, it looks like these two nuclear reactors, which cost Canadian taxpayers over $500 million, will just be left in the bush to rot.
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| Audio: CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks. Host: Bob McDonald. | |
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