Grad 1981. They were the last graduates of the CANDU High School, in Uranium City. The CANDU high school, open in 1979 and named the \u201cbest equipped high school \u201c in Northern Canada. On December 3rd, 1981 Eldorado Nuclear announced it would close the 30-year old mine and mill on June 30, 1982. Businesses closed and the population left. From a pre-closure population of 2,507 in 1981 to less than 800 in 1983. The CANDU school was closed and abandoned in 1983 with less than one-tenth of the students remaining. In 1982 the grade 10 class created a booklet The history of Uranium City and District – \u201cWith the closing of the last operating mine in the area Uranium City faced the imminent danger of becoming a ghost town \u201c. The term \u201cghost town \u201c is still being used to describe Uranium City. <\/p>\n
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