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W. Bennett Lewis
Pages 170-173

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... He deserves the highest honors for directing the Canadian nuclear program, which produced the CANDU heavy water reactor, one of the world's few commercially successful power reactor types.
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... the establishment of effective programs in the use and application of radioactive materials for the improvement of human health worldwide. Early on he recognized the desirability of substituting clean energy forms—his clean energywas nuclear power for carbonbased fuels to reduce dependence on depletable resources ant!
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