CANDU reactors

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
ריאקטורים CANDU
Name (Latin)
CANDU reactors
Name (Arabic)
مفاعل كندو
Other forms of name
Canada deuterium uranium reactors
See Also From tracing topical name
Heavy water reactors
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q558181
Library of congress: sh 98005245
Sources of Information
  • McCracken, D. Photon and electron energy deposition in CANDU reactor fuel channels: a study using SANDYL and EGS4, 1994.
  • AECL website(CANDU reactors use heavy water and do not require enriched (concentrated U-235) fuel)
  • Canadian Nuclear FAQs online by Dr. Jeremy Whitlock(CANDU (a registered trademark) stands for "Canada Deuterium Uranium", a pressurized heavy-water, natural uranium power reactor designed in the 1960s by AECL)
  • LC database, Nov. 27, 1997(Advances in fuel channel technology for CANDU reactors = Progres en technique des canaux de combustible de reacteurs CANDU, 1994; Characteristics of used CANDU fuel relevent to the Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Program, 1993; CANDU, an analysis of the Canadian nuclear program, 1977)
  • NLC database, Nov. 27, 1997(Canada. Atomic Energy Control Board. Requirements for containment systems for CANDU nuclear power plants : proposed regulatory guide, issued for comment, June 1980; Slater, J. Advanced future fuel cycles for CANDU reactors, 1981; Miller, A. Heavy water : a distinctive and essential component of CANDU, 1994; NLC SH CANDU Reactor)