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1970 - Europe's First Atomic Powered Dog: A Labrador called Goldie is Europe's first atomic-powered dog, and carries hope for thousands of British heart patients. Goldie, a two-year-old Golden Labrador has a pacemaker machine fitted against her heart. The machine is powered by a pellet of radio-active plutonium - core of the H-bomb and the nuclear fuel for the latest atomic power stations. the pacemaker gives Goldie's heart an electric shock 100 times a minute to keep it beating regularly. The device was developed after three years of work by doctors at the National Heart Hospital and the Institute of Cardiology, and by scientists from the Atomic Energy Authority's research centres at Aldermaston and Harwell. Goldie, whose heart is out by Mr. Peter Lord at the Royal College of Surgeons. The operation is a trial to ensure the battery works perfectly. Photo shows Goldie, the golden labrador, who is Europe's first atomic-powered dog

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