CANDU-6 nuclear technology

Wasywich, K. M., Hocking, W. H Shoesmith, D. W. Taylor, P. 1992. Differences in oxidation behavior of used CANDU fuel during prolonged storage in moisture-saturated air and dry air at 150 °C. Nuclear Technology, 104, 309-329. 

The capital cost of nuclear fission will have dropped significantly— especially compared with that of the then-dinosaur-technology coal-fired generation. (As one example, today the capital costs of Advanced Candu Reactors are in the range of 1000 per kilowatt [kW]—about the same as coal-fired plants.) But since the operating cost of a nuclear power plant will always be a small fraction of that for a coal-fired power plant, the energy currencies from nuclear plants will be lower. 

AECL is developing a supercritical heavy water moderated nuclear reactor (SCWR) [2] based on its successful CANDU reactor system currently deployed around the world. Since the Mark 2 [2] version of the heavy water moderated SCWR can satisfy the temperature requirements of the hybrid Cu-Cl cycle, AECL is collaborating with ANL in the development of this cycle. Also, AECL is particularly interested in this process since some of its hydrogen-economy related technologies are a good match for the developmental needs of this process, in particular for the development of the electrochemical step involved. 

As part of the Ceaujescu s vision of self-reliance, Romania also developed perhaps the most technologically demanding aspect of a CANDU-6 fuel cycle the production of heavy water for reactor moderation and cooling. This activity is undertaken by the Romag-Prod facility in the south-west of the country. The Romag-Prod facility is a key part of the Regia Autonoma Pentru Activitati Nucleare (RAAN) (Romanian Authority for Nuclear Activities) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ... 

The principal objective of the CANDU 3 development program was to design a relatively small CANDU power plant (with an electrical output in the range of400 MW), that is competitive with larger nuclear plants and with coal fired plants in most areas of the world. Sub-objectives directed to achieve the principal economic objective included, simplification, modularization, the use of state of the art technologies, and a 36 month construction schedule. 

Torgerson, D.F., B.A. Shalaby, and S. Pang. 2006. CANDU Technology for Generation III-i- and IV reactors. Nuclear Engineering and Design 236,1565-1572. 

LEE, J.S., et al.. Research and development program of KAERI for DUPIC (Direct Use of Spent PWR Fuel in CANDU Reactors), conceptual study on the DUPIC fuel manufacturing technology, GLOBAL 93, (Proc. Int. Conf on future energy systems Emerging nuclear fuel cycles and waste disposal options, Seattle, Washington, Sept. 1993), ANS/ENS. 

D. Boyle, D. Brady, et al., Canada s Generation IV National Program - Overview, Proc. 4th Int. Symp. on SCWR, Heidelberg, Germany, March 8-11, 2009, Paper No. 74 (2009) C.K. Chow and HE. Khartabil, Conceptual Fuel Channel Designs for CANDU-SCWR, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Vol. 40(2), 139-146 (2008)... 

C. K. Chow and H. F. Khartabil, Conceptual Fuel Channel Designs for CANDU-SCWR, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Vol. 40(2), 139-146 (2008)... 

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