I did a short trip up to our Chalk River, Ontario site this week to fix some equipment. The site is located on the AECL property, security is tight, no cameras are allowed on site. I headed up on Wednesday to overnight in Pembroke and then on to the site Thursday morning. On the way back to Toronto Thursday, the van I was driving broke down in Northwood, ON. It turned out to be the main grounding cable broke/corroded off the terminal, so it wouldn’t allow me to restart the engine after stopping to gas up. A mechanic from Cloyne was able to diagnose the problem and get the van started using a some of vise grips, it allowed me to get to their garage where the grounding cable was replaced.

Chalk River map