Radium Trader

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The Radium Trader was launched in 1956.[1][2]

In 2005 the Atomic Energy Canada published a study on the toxic legacy of the mining of radioactive ore at Port Radium.[1] It said that the Radium Trader and all other surviving vessels, with the exception of the Radium Gilbert, were uncontaminated. In 2005 she was stored in Tuktoyaktuk.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Status Report for the Historic Northern Transportation Route redacted colour". Atomic Energy of Canada: p. 86. December 2005. https://www.andra.fr/dvd_radium/pdfs/Status%20Report%20for%20the%20Historic%20Northern%20Transportation%20Route%20redacted%20colour.pdf#page=88. 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." 
  2. Peter van Wyck (2010). Highway of the Atom. McGill-Queen's Press. ISBN 9780773581401. https://books.google.com/books?id=vxaIWrR2LUYC&pg=PA31&lpg=PA31&dq=%22Radium+Prospector%22#v=onepage. Retrieved 2012-12-03. "By 1936 Eldorado had purchased Northern Transportation, and successive boats were commissioned to service sections of the Highway: the Radium King (1937), the Radium Queen (1937), the Radium Lad (1937), the Radium Gilbert (1946), Radium Charles (1947), Radium Yellowknife (1948), Radium Franklin (1951), Radium Dew (1955), Radium Miner (1956), Radium Prospector (1956), and Radium Trader (1956)."