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Conference room at CEGHQ, former CFS Carp. Teletype terminals at CEGHQ, former CFS Carp. Organigramme. Emergency Government Headquarters is the name given for a system of nuclear fallout shelters built by the Government of Canada in the 1950s and 1960s as part of continuity of government planning at the height of the Cold War.
The blast tunnel entrance. The doors to the actual bunker are perpendicular to this tunnel which reduces the effects of a nuclear shock wave. In 1958, at the height of the Cold War and the infancy of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) threat, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker authorized the creation of close to 50 Emergency Government Headquarters (nicknamed "Diefenbunkers" by ...
Construction began in 1960 on an underground 2-storey bunker (approximately half the size of the CEGHQ, located in Carp, Ontario) capable of withstanding a near-hit from a nuclear explosion (an approximate 1–1.5 mi (1.6–2.4 km) radius). The underground building had blast doors at the surface, as well as extensive air filters (mainly against ...
Bruce Nuclear Generating Station: Tiverton, Ontario: Bruce Power High-level radioactive waste (wet storage), non-used nuclear fuel High-level radioactive waste Operating [1] [2] BWX Technologies Fuel Manufacturing Peterborough, Ontario. Toronto, Ontario. BWX Technologies Nuclear Energy Canada Low-level radioactive waste Operating [1]
Wellerstein's creation has garnered some popularity amongst nuclear strategists as an open source tool for calculating the costs of nuclear exchanges. [11] As of October 2024, more than 350.7 million nukes have been "dropped" on the site. [citation needed] The Nukemap was a finalist for the National Science Foundation's Visualization Challenge ...
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The first US nuclear weapon entered Canada in 1950 when the US Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) stationed 11 model 1561 Fat Man atomic bombs at RCAF Station Goose Bay in Labrador. Goose Bay was used as an aircraft staging location for both the SAC and the Royal Air Force's V Force. The bombs were landed; crews relieved; aircraft refueled ...