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Old 06-23-2015, 11:56 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Manabi View Post
Sounds interesting, but the name TERAC is just way too close to the infamous THERAC-25. Pretty sure no one would want to name their accelerator that, simply because of what happened with the THERAC-25.
Well, this novel originally came out in 1983, and both Wikipedia and the report said that those incidents happened circa 1985-87, so barring revisions by the author, life imitates art, I guess?

Thanks for the linkage. Oh Canada, my home and never-ending source of nuclear-related medical health crises…
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