Lalonde, Marc

When the Therac 25 went into production, however, numerous technical problems arose. The turn-around magnet mechanism leaked radiation, and reducing this to permissible levels proved complex and time-consuming. As a result, the official send-off party was changed to an open house at which the two machines in production could be viewed. On June 22, 1982, a media entourage showed up to watch Marc Lalonde, the Minister of Energy, Mines, and Resources, inspect the Therac 25 and... 

Marc Lalonde, the federal Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, was on hand on June 22, 1982 to congratulate the Radiochemical and Research companies on the official debut of the Therae 25. 

Left to right, Paul O Neill, unidentified, unidentified, John Beddoes, Marc Lalonde, Jim Donnelly, President, AECL, unidentified. 

John Beddoes was on hand to welcome Marc Lalonde to Kanata, but by the time the first Therae 25 was delivered, RCC had a new chief executive. Beddoes left the company in September 1982, and Paul O Neill, executive vice-president and chief financial officer of AECL, assumed responsibility for RCC until a replacement could be found. In December, William Hatton was appointed to the position. A chartered accountant by training, he had previously been head of AECL s heavy-water operations. 

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