The owner of an Ottawa medical manufacturer operating in violation of its nuclear licence says he has no money to comply with Canada's nuclear regulator, which last year ordered Best Theratronics to restore a lapsed financial guarantee.

In November 2024, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) issued two orders against Best Theratronics, a manufacturer of cancer treatment devices using Cobalt-60 radioactive isotopes.

The company was in a protracted labour dispute with striking workers, and one order related to safety concerns at the shuttered plant. The second required Best Theratronics to secure a $1.8-million financial guarantee, to be used for clean up costs in the event that the plant needed to be decommissioned.

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