Explore: Candu Reactors

been two major types of CANDU reactors, the original design of around 500 MWe that was intended to be used in multi-reactor installations in large plants

the existing CANDU pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWR) with features of light-water cooled pressurized water reactors (PWR). From CANDU, it took the

Canada. AECL developed the CANDU reactor technology starting in the 1950s, and in October 2011 licensed this technology to Candu Energy. AECL describes its

plans for new CANDUs in Canada or elsewhere, Canada remains a technology leader in heavy water reactors and natural uranium fueled reactors more broadly

specializing in the design and supply of nuclear reactors, as well as nuclear reactor products and services. Candu Energy Inc. was created in 2011 when parent

all reactors need to be shut down for refueling; for example, pebble bed reactors, RBMK reactors, molten-salt reactors, Magnox, AGR and CANDU reactors allow

uranium reactors but is virtually only practiced for light-water reactors operating with lightly enriched fuel as spent fuel from e.g. CANDU reactors is very

fuel in reactors designed specifically for this, such as the heavy-water CANDU reactor. By making use of non-enriched uranium, such reactor designs give

generating capacity of all current operating reactors. CANDU and IPHWR are the most common type of reactors in the PHWR family. Other designs include the

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