There is this growing pall hanging over CNL that once the NRU is mothballed in 2018, the site will turn into no more than a decommissioning spot, once the NRU is finally entombed.
How will the fuel research, the neutron material analysis, the pressure tube testing, and all the many other things the NRU does occur, with the exception of medical isotopes that are currently being taken care of to a certain extent? How will all this continue to occur without a high flux neutron source?