Kanata Medical Firm Giving Up Nuclear License

A well-known medical manufacturer in Kanata is giving up its nuclear license,over a year after Canada’s nuclear regulator ordered it to fix violations.

On Friday, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) said Best Theratronics is working to get rid of the nuclear material it used to make cancer treatment devices.

“Best Theratronics Limited has a license to ship its Cobalt 60 sealed sources, adn another license to ship its Cesium 137 sealed sources,” said Andrew McAllister, director of the CNSC’s nuclear processing facilities division, at a public meeting.

Best Theratronics started as a government agency and created the first cancer treatment machine. However, it has faced difficulties in recent years under the ownership of Krishnan Suthanthiran, a businessman from overseas.

Suthanthiran says he has lost