Found Deceased Canada - Lachlan Cranswick, 41, Deep River near Ottawa ON, 18 Jan 2010 - #6

[Hazel]

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Hmm .. interesting that the links I provided to the official information over in the Darlington Doe thread 2 weeks ago are now "page not found". Sheesh, just TRY to have something removed from the internet, eh?

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Was able to fix your second link in your post #22

post #22: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5826386#post5826386


second link: (page 7) http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Newsletters/ITER-NL-10-3.pdf

got a totally different URL address for first link http://www.ontla.on.ca/library/repository/ser/260633/2001v04no03Summer.pdf

 

[deputydawg2]

Thanks, Hazel, for fixing SB's links. They were both vital to me (as I see things, heh,heh) in a project I'm working on which is giving me fits. If I ever get it in the ballpark of "right", I'll post it here.

 

[deputydawg2]

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I think it was just a screw-up with the changeover to a new year. Canada's formal letter indicating their withdrawal was in late 2003, and publicized in January 2004:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...e+ITER+negotiations"&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca



IIRC, LC arrived in Canada 2003 (presumably when he commenced his NRC position at the AECL lab), AECL was the agent involved in the ITER bid on Canada's behalf, and JS was in the background waiting to be seconded by ITER US to whichever location was ultimately successful in the bid.

Hmm .. interesting that the links I provided to the official information over in the Darlington Doe thread 2 weeks ago are now "page not found". Sheesh, just TRY to have something removed from the internet, eh?

Thanks, SB. I really wish articles would be more careful in publishing dates!

Here is an interesting article on ITER Canada:

http://www.cfn.ist.utl.pt/Trabalhos/EFDANewsletter/arquivo/ITERCanada11.pdf

ITER Canada Founder Peter Barnard 05/29/1938 - 08/29/2002
"Peter founded ITER Canada in 1997....."

From this article it appears (to me) that Canada hosted two separate ITER delegations and each was given a tour of the potential Clarington site, Feb 27 & 28, and Sept. 19 & 20. Not sure if it's 2001 or 2002 because this article tells of Dr. Peter Barnard's death 08/29/2002, but info at bottom of page shows:

Printed by the IAEA in Austria May 2001

I don't see at this point how that was possible.:waitasec:

I'm trying to get a more specific time-line for JS's location and work history because I believe the old saying, "like father, like son", has a lot of truth in it.

 

[deputydawg2]

Regarding JS's work history, at this ITER Newsline, 04 Apr 2007, #9:
Introducing Jerry Sovka, Acting Head of Civil Construction and Site Office

Snip> "...His experience includes project manager of the Wolsong Tritium Removal Facility in Korea, project manager of the MDS Nordion Medical Isotopes Reactor in the USA, and Chief Engineer of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in Hawaii...." Snip>

http://www.iter.org/newsline/9/1090

I have been unable to find any other reference to the MDS Nordion Medical Isotopes Reactor in the USA.

Can any of your brighter sleuthers help me out with that? I'd settle for just one ref.
Thanks.
dd2

 

[dotr]

Well I tried, no luck thus far, but these seem to be the only ones ( at least the offices)I can find.
http://www.mdsnordion.com/our_company/global_offices.asp ( No mention of USA)

 

[deputydawg2]

Well I tried, no luck thus far, but these seem to be the only ones ( at least the offices)I can find.
http://www.mdsnordion.com/our_company/global_offices.asp ( No mention of USA)

Thanks, dotr. IMO, there ain't no such. If there were, CR would not have been supplying something like 60% of med isotopes needed by US, and MDS Nordion would not have contracted with Russia to supply them.

I've found other 'discrepancies' in claims made... or there appears to be.
:sheesh:

 

[Sillybilly]

dd2, ITA with you and dotr ... no such thing as MDS Nordion having a reactor in the US.

MDS Inc head office is in Mississauga, ON, and while they are the parent company to various subsidiaries, to my knowledge, their only subsidiary producing medical isotopes (80% of the world's supply) is MDS Nordion, Kanata, ON.

I've lost the link, but in 2009, Linda Raitt, former Minister of Natural Resources, indicated the world's medical isotope reactors are (were?) the two Maples in Chalk River (owned by MDS Nordion), four other reactors in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and South Africa, and a new reactor nearing the production phase in Australia. Certainly no mention of MDS Nordion owning or utilizing reactors in the US for production of medical isotopes.

 

[dotr]

The four other main reactors in the world producing medical isotopes are the BR-2 reactor at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, the Osiris reactor in France, South African operator Nesca's Safari-1 reactor and the High Flux Reactor at Petten in the Netherlands. These four and NRU combined to produce 85 per cent of the world's supply of cobalt-60 and almost all of the molybdenum-99 and technetium-99. They're all over 40 years old.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/19/f-medical-isotopes.html#ixzz17sO3QlVA

 

[deputydawg2]

dd2, ITA with you and dotr ... no such thing as MDS Nordion having a reactor in the US.

MDS Inc head office is in Mississauga, ON, and while they are the parent company to various subsidiaries, to my knowledge, their only subsidiary producing medical isotopes (80% of the world's supply) is MDS Nordion, Kanata, ON.

I've lost the link, but in 2009, Linda Raitt, former Minister of Natural Resources, indicated the world's medical isotope reactors are (were?) the two Maples in Chalk River (owned by MDS Nordion), four other reactors in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and South Africa, and a new reactor nearing the production phase in Australia. Certainly no mention of MDS Nordion owning or utilizing reactors in the US for production of medical isotopes.

I hooked onto the MDS Nordion being based in Mississauga, ON in your post, SB. Search took me to our old Thread #2, page 16, SB's post # 380 where which gives the race results in the National Capital 1998 - JS was #1155 city Mississauga; RW was # 1152 city Orleans.

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99104&page=16

[some darn good work on that page!!]

I found a site which gives the name of that race as The MDS Nordion 10K, in Ottawa May 9,1998 which shows JS city as Mississauga.

I found that JS ran in the Scotia Bank Waterfront Marathon, Toronto, 2003 which gives JS' city as Mississauga. (RW is not listed).

JS is not listed in the 2005 race in which RW ran. (given in SB's link above).

So, in 1998-2003 JS gives his city as Mississauga, which is headquarters for both MDS Nordion and AECL.

JS was in Hawaii (telescope job) in 1991, but by 1993 was back with AECL as project manager on the Maples project.

"MDS Nordion was originally part of AECL, but was privatized in 1991. MDS Nordion owns the 2 Maples reactors but AECL apparently retains responsibility for them. [ Is a reactor a reactor if it never produces a single isotope and was never commissioned??]

So, I guess if you cross your eyes just right, since MDS Nordion owned the 2 Maples in 1993 when JS returned to AECL as project manager on them specifically.....in a way he worked for MDSN, huh? :crazy:

The USA part is just wrong, no matter how I twist my thinking into contortions to ensure that I'm not biased about this.

 

[Hazel]

I hooked onto the MDS Nordion being based in Mississauga, ON in your post, SB. Search took me to our old Thread #2, page 16, SB's post # 380 where which gives the race results in the National Capital 1998 - JS was #1155 city Mississauga; RW was # 1152 city Orleans.

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99104&page=16

[some darn good work on that page!!]

I found a site which gives the name of that race as The MDS Nordion 10K, in Ottawa May 9,1998 which shows JS city as Mississauga.

I found that JS ran in the Scotia Bank Waterfront Marathon, Toronto, 2003 which gives JS' city as Mississauga. (RW is not listed).

JS is not listed in the 2005 race in which RW ran. (given in SB's link above).

So, in 1998-2003 JS gives his city as Mississauga, which is headquarters for both MDS Nordion and AECL.

JS was in Hawaii (telescope job) in 1991, but by 1993 was back with AECL as project manager on the Maples project.

"MDS Nordion was originally part of AECL, but was privatized in 1991. MDS Nordion owns the 2 Maples reactors but AECL apparently retains responsibility for them. [ Is a reactor a reactor if it never produces a single isotope and was never commissioned??]

So, I guess if you cross your eyes just right, since MDS Nordion owned the 2 Maples in 1993 when JS returned to AECL as project manager on them specifically.....in a way he worked for MDSN, huh? :crazy:

The USA part is just wrong, no matter how I twist my thinking into contortions to ensure that I'm not biased about this.

ITA with you all. The USA part seems to be a mistake, repeated also in the Naka Newsletter (center column, under "People" header): http://www.naka.jaea.go.jp/ITER/official-J/newsline/issues/9/ITERnewsline.htm



Note: There is MDS Nordion and MDS INC.: http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0001323996-page.html

MDS scaling back
Sep 03, 2009
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<<< Officials from MDS, which is based in Mississauga, said yesterday the company is selling its Analytical Technologies unit, which specializes in the design of medical equipment and drug research, to Danaher Corp. of Washington, D.C., for $650 million (U.S.) >>>

<<< That will leave MDS to focus solely on its Nordion unit, whose three core business lines are processing medical isotopes for diagnostic imaging, sterilization technologies, and radiotherapeutics, which are used for cancer therapy. >>>

http://www.mississauga.com/news/business/article/80709--mds-scaling-back

another link for JS' Races : http://raceresults.sportstats.ca/find-an-athlete-find-a-race-search.php?lang=eng&first=Jerry&last=Sovka

 

[Hazel]

Thanks, SB. I really wish articles would be more careful in publishing dates!

Here is an interesting article on ITER Canada:

http://www.cfn.ist.utl.pt/Trabalhos/EFDANewsletter/arquivo/ITERCanada11.pdf

ITER Canada Founder Peter Barnard 05/29/1938 - 08/29/2002
"Peter founded ITER Canada in 1997....."

From this article it appears (to me) that Canada hosted two separate ITER delegations and each was given a tour of the potential Clarington site, Feb 27 & 28, and Sept. 19 & 20. Not sure if it's 2001 or 2002 because this article tells of Dr. Peter Barnard's death 08/29/2002, but info at bottom of page shows:

Printed by the IAEA in Austria May 2001

I don't see at this point how that was possible.:waitasec:

I'm trying to get a more specific time-line for JS's location and work history because I believe the old saying, "like father, like son", has a lot of truth in it.

DD2, I can't find any mention of Feb 27 & 28 nor Printed by the IAEA in Austria May 2001 in your link ... :read: thought I might need glasses, and was relieved when I got the search message: "Reader has finished reading the document, no matches were found"

At the top it says "Volume 11 - September 2002" ... PB passed away on August 2002

 

[deputydawg2]

ITA with you all. The USA part seems to be a mistake, repeated also in the Naka Newsletter (center column, under "People" header): http://www.naka.jaea.go.jp/ITER/official-J/newsline/issues/9/ITERnewsline.htm

Note: There is MDS Nordion and MDS INC.: http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0001323996-page.html

another link for JS' Races : http://raceresults.sportstats.ca/find-an-athlete-find-a-race-search.php?lang=eng&first=Jerry&last=Sovka

Thanks, Hazel, for the chart of races for JS! It could tell us something important:

Athlete Search Results
Sep 28, 2003 Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon, 1/2 Marathon & 5km - Half-Marathon Jerry Sovka mississauga 2:12:48.0 (2:12:06.6 )
Sep 23, 2001 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Half & 5km - Half-Marathon Jerry Sovka mississauga 2:16:54.6 (2:16:03.5 )
May 13, 2000 National Capital Race Weekend Results Saturday/Samedi - MDS Nordion 10K Run JERRY SOVKA mississauga 1:00:14.2 (0:59:03.1 )
May 8, 1999 National Capital Race Weekend Saturday - Nordion 10K Run/R&#65533;sultats Jerry SOVKA pembroke 0:59:46.3 (0:59:18.1 )
May 9, 1998 1998 National Capital Race Weekend - MDS Nordion 10 Km Run Jerry SOVKA mississauga 0:56:07.3
May 9, 1998 1998 National Capital Race Weekend - MDS Nordion 10 km Run (ChampionChip Split at 5 km) Jerry SOVKA mississauga

So, after 05/09/1998 and before 05/08 /1999, JS appears to have lived in Pembroke, which indicates to me that he is working at Chalk River. Then, before 05/13/2000 he is back in Mississauga.

It is reasonable to think that RW might have visited JS during the time at Pembroke....which is very close to DR. JS and RW may have boated and/or fished in that area then.

May not be important....then again.....

 

[deputydawg2]

DD2, I can't find any mention of Feb 27 & 28 nor Printed by the IAEA in Austria May 2001 in your link ... :read: thought I might need glasses, and was relieved when I got the search message: "Reader has finished reading the document, no matches were found"

At the top it says "Volume 11 - September 2002" ... PB passed away on August 2002

:banghead: Sorry, Hazel! I neglected to give the link for the IAEA article, thus creating confusion for the readers.

:banghead::banghead: I didn't write the URL in my paper notes either, dang it! I've been searching but can't relocate it. The 27 ad 28 Feb reference is on page 6. Will search more and post URL later (I hope).

:crazy::crazy::crazy::crazy::crazy:

 

[deputydawg2]

Continuation of my # 272 above (too late to edit). JS appears to be in Hawaii in Nov/1999:

Honolulu; County of Hawaii, Dept of Public Works; 1999 Building Permits

996283 SOVKA, JERRY SCHILLING CONSTRUCTION 6-5-010-010 P A1 77.50 (fee) 7,500 (total value)
65-1272 LA'E LA'E RD.
65-1272 LA'E LA'E RD. DWELLING 3 - ALTERATION M1
KAMUELA, HI 96743 11/10/99


http://www.co.hawaii.hi.us/permits/permits_99/november.html


JS and Nonie's divorce was in 2000 (I think), and by January/2001 JS was in Japan on the tokamak project.

 

[dotr]

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Features/Talker/2010/12/08/16472886.html
That invisibility cloak again, just in time for the holidays!

 

[Sillybilly]

A couple more to add to your list dd2:

July 6, 2003 - in Calgary, Jerry Sovka of Naka-MacHi
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...sovka++calgary++race&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca

March 29, 2008 - Jerry Sovka of USA, Hervis Prague Half Marathon, CZ
from: http://www.atletika.cz/cas/upload/praha 29.3.2008.pdf

March 28, 2009 - Jerry Sovka of USA, Hervis 1/2 Marathon, Praha
http://translate.google.ca/translat...=%2B%22sri+chinmoy+marathon%22+%2Bsovka&hl=en


FWIW, it has been reported in the media that JS and Nonie divorced in 2001, but I don't think we have an actual date. So, don't know if they "split" earlier and the divorce was simply finalized in 2001 or ??

 

[Hazel]

Thanks, SB. I really wish articles would be more careful in publishing dates!

Here is an interesting article on ITER Canada:

http://www.cfn.ist.utl.pt/Trabalhos/EFDANewsletter/arquivo/ITERCanada11.pdf

ITER Canada Founder Peter Barnard 05/29/1938 - 08/29/2002
"Peter founded ITER Canada in 1997....."

From this article it appears (to me) that Canada hosted two separate ITER delegations and each was given a tour of the potential Clarington site, Feb 27 & 28, and Sept. 19 & 20. Not sure if it's 2001 or 2002 because this article tells of Dr. Peter Barnard's death 08/29/2002, but info at bottom of page shows:

Printed by the IAEA in Austria May 2001

I don't see at this point how that was possible.:waitasec:

I'm trying to get a more specific time-line for JS's location and work history because I believe the old saying, "like father, like son", has a lot of truth in it.

Two mysteries solved DD2

I was trying to find an answer to your query of "how was it possible PB passed away in 2002, and article was printed in 2001".

- The September 2002 (Volume 11) re PB's death is the link you provided above (only 2 pages long).

- The ITER newsletter (dated March 2001) printed by the IAEA in Austria May 2001 (found on page 8) does not mention PB's death, obviously because he hadn't passed away by then.
( Feb 27 & 28 mentioned on page 6)
Found in this other link, which is one of the links I fixed, lol, that shows I didn't even bother reading it :blushing: Oops!
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Newsletters/ITER-NL-10-3.pdf

 

[deputydawg2]

Thanks, SB. Lordy! How did they ever catch him to serve the papers?
I noticed that some of the runners in the Prague 1/2 marathon listed a club. Also noticed quite a few entries of USA.
Wonder if he practices on tracks....or neighborhoods?
Does anyone know how long Nonie has held the job in Toronto? She probably wouldn't commute to/from Toronto, you think? Another sort of 'married in name only' cases?
Seems an odd coincidence that RW's brother lives and has his medical practice in Bowmanville, just a short distance from the Darlington N power station, and other things.

 

[deputydawg2]

Thanks, Hazel. I finally threw up my hands and took a nap. Too late I noticed the line I had drawn between my sketchy notes which is how I tell myself that info is in a different article. Sometimes I think this sleuthing is getting to me. Anybody know how to turn it loose?

 

[maxfactor]

Good work guys!! I just realized it has been almost a year. I feel badly for Lachlan's family with Christmas coming up, I am sure it will be a hard one for all of them.

I'm still plagued by that bluebox. Every time I put mine out I look over my shoulder to make sure no one is there.