CANDU®6 Nuclear Power Plant and nuclear energy self-suffciency based on Cernavoda NPP in Romania

• Autorzy: Parkitny J. , Gheorghe M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The CANDU® 6 nuclear power reactor design has been in commercial operation since the 1980s and is currently in operation in several countries, including Canada, Argentina, South Korea, China and Romania. CANDU 6 is the proven, mid size version of the CANDU Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR). With a gross electrical output in excess of 720 MWe, the CANDU 6 fits easily into most grids. The CANDU designuses natural uranium fuel. Other fuel types can be used, including slightly enriched uranium (SEU), recovered uranium (RU), mixed oxides (MOX), and thorium. On power re-fuelling maintains the reactivity, eliminates the need for re-fuelling outages, and contributes to the availability record of CANDU power plants. The focus of this paper, apart from summarizing some key technical and operating features of the CANDU reactor design, is to demonstrate how the selection of the CANDU technology can contribute to the development of the country's nuclear industry and economy and allows nuclear self sufficiency, using the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project in Romania as an example. Similar benefits, in terms of economic development and nuclear energy self-sufficiency, have also been realized by other countries that have selected the CANDU reactor technology.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

CANDU; Canadian deuterium uranium (reactor); nuclear power reactor; nuclear power plant

PL

CANDU; reaktor ciężkowodny kanadyjski; reaktor jądrowy; elektrownia jądrowa

• Wydawca: Institute of Heat Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Power Technologies
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: Vol. 91, nr 3
• Strony: 140--147
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 26 poz., tab., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Parkitny J.

autor

Gheorghe M.

• Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL), 2251 Speakman Dr, Mississauga ON, Canada, L5K 1B2,

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