Candu Reactor Fuel Bundle
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The 100,000th fuel bundle produced for a CANDU reactor. Source: Tom Alföldi; Ingenium 1989.0002
This CANDU fuel bundle commemorates a milestone in Canada’s nuclear-power industry: produced in 1975, it is the 100,000th bundle made in Canada. CANDU is a nuclear-powered electricity generation system developed in Canada after the Second World War. Standing for CANada Deuterium Uranium, CANDU reactors use deuterium oxide — heavy water — to moderate the high-energy nuclear reactions produced by fission within these uranium fuel rods. The heat generated by these reactions produces high-pressure steam, which then drives turbines that generate electricity. CANDU reactors are in use around the world.
The first CANDU-type reactor came into use in Rolphton, Ontario, in 1962.
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How much uranium would it take to power your house for an entire year? How is uranium used in a nuclear reactor to produce energy? Join the Canada Science and Technology Museum and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories to find out how Canada is a leading producer of nuclear reactors and how this energy gets to your house.
For more information on Canadian nuclear energy and technologies, visit: http://nuclearfaq.ca/
Find out more about the CANDU reactors here: http://www.candu.com/
The first Canadian experimental nuclear reactor was developed at the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories in Rolphton, Ontario. Source: Ingenium 1989.0002
Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau receives the commemorative CANDU reactor fuel bundle, on June 17, 1975. Source: Canadian Nuclear Association
The Nuclear Power Demonstration (NPD) Reactor in Rolphton, Ontario. Source: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)
Staff at the Nuclear Power Demonstration (NPD) Reactor start-up on April 11, 1962, in Rolphton, Ontario. Source: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)
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