CANDU reactor - Wikipedia
The CANDU (CANada Deuterium Uranium) is a Canadian pressurized heavy-water reactor design used to generate electric power. [1] The acronym refers to its deuterium oxide (heavy water) moderator and its use of (originally, natural) uranium fuel.
CANDU reactor - Energy Education
CANDU reactor is a type of nuclear reactor which was developed in Canada, and is currently used in nuclear power plants for electrical generation in various countries around the world.
Candu Energy - Wikipedia
Candu Energy Inc. is a Canadian wholly owned subsidiary of Montreal-based AtkinsRéalis (formerly SNC-Lavalin Inc.), specializing in the design and supply of nuclear reactors, as well as nuclear reactor products and services.
Introduction to CANDU
Introduction to CANDU. If you are looking for some general information about CANDU, please check out the documents listed below. In addition you will find some excellent overview information at: COG Resource Centre on CANDU Reactors. NuclearCanada.ca (external link) - a wiki-based portal to the Canadian Nuclear Enterprise.
CANDU nuclear reactors: history and characteristics
The CANDU reactor, a Canadian technology developed in the 1950s-1960s, uses heavy water as moderator and natural uranium as fuel to generate electricity. CANDU models have evolved, with units ranging from 500 to 880 MWe, followed by the CANDU 6 and CANDU 9.
To make sense of nuclear reactor design in general, and CANDU design in particular, the reader needs to have some familiarity with a few key nuclear concepts and phenomena. In a nutshell, slow neutrons (called thermal neutrons) can initiate a fission of uranium 235 (U-235), an isotope of uranium that occurs in nature.
AtkinsRéalis unveils new advanced Candu design
2024年10月25日 · The new design leverages the existing strengths of proven Candu designs, including the use of natural uranium as a fuel source, on-power refuelling, and online maintenance.
Canadians for CANDU
CANDU is the only nuclear reactor technology that produces medical isotopes without interrupting electricity generation. Isotopes diagnose and treat disease, and are a vital life-saving innovation, with 40 million nuclear medicine procedures performed each year .
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CANDU
Some of the design features and unique characteristics of the CANDU reactor are: two fully capable safety shutdown systems, independent from each other and the reactor regulating system. This Technical Summary provides an overview of the CANDU 6 nuclear power system.
The Canadian Nuclear Energy Technology
2024年5月30日 · Canada has developed a successful nuclear program based on the unique heavy water natural uranium reactor system (known as CANDU), which uses pressurized fuel channels instead of a pressure vessel, natural instead of enriched uranium and heavy water as coolant/moderator instead of light water found in pressurized water reactor designs.