Candu

CANFLEX
... CANFLEX the name is derived from its function CANDU FLEXible fuelling, is an advanced fuel bundle design developed by Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd ... (AECL), along with the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) for use in CANDU design nuclear reactors ... claim that it will deliver many benefits to current and future CANDU reactors-using natural uranium or other advanced nuclear fuel cycles ...

Nuclear Meltdown - Other Reactor Types - CANDU Reactors
... CANDU reactors, Canadian-invented deuterium-uranium design, are designed with at least one, and generally two, large low-temperature and low-pressure water reservoirs around their fuel/coolant channels ... Other failure modes aside from fuel melt will probably occur in a CANDU rather than a meltdown, such as deformation of the calandria into a non-critical configuration ... All CANDU reactors are located within standard Western containments as well ...

CANDU Reactor
... The CANDU (short for CANada Deuterium Uranium) reactor is a Canadian-invented, pressurized heavy water reactor ... CANDU reactors were first developed in the late 1950s and 1960s by a partnership between Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), the Hydro-Electric ... All power reactors built in Canada are of the CANDU type ...

Nuclear Energy In Canada - Current Power Reactors - Ontario
... Ontario Power Generation Pickering A UNIT 1 – 515 MW CANDU UNIT 2 – 515 MW CANDU (Currently out of service) UNIT 3 – 515 MW CANDU (Currently out of service) UNIT ...

Bennett Lewis
... and was centrally involved in the development of the CANDU reactor ... Lewis directed the development and championed the CANDU system, with its natural uranium fuel moderated by heavy water (deuterium oxide) to control ... The CANDU has proven its value for commercial power applications, showing outstanding efficiency and safety records ...