Chalk River Laboratories
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Chalk River Laboratories is a Canadian nuclear research facility in Deep River, about 180 km north-west of Ottawa.
Chalk River Laboratories seen from the Ottawa River
NRX and Zeep buildings, Chalk River Laboratories, 1945
CANDU reactor
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The CANDU is a Canadian pressurized heavy-water reactor design used to generate electric power. The acronym refers to its deuterium oxide moderator and its use of uranium fuel. CANDU reactors were fir
Chalk River Laboratories
…180 km (110 mi) north-west of Ottawa. CRL is a site of significant research and development to support and advance nuclear technology, particularly CANDU reactor technology. CRL has expertise in physics, metallurgy, chemistry, biology, and engineering and hosts unique research facilities. For example, Bertram…
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Two CANDU fuel bundles: each is about 50 cm in length and 10 cm in diameter, and can generate about 1 GWh (3.6 TJ) of electricity during its time in a CANDU reactor
Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, operating eight CANDU reactors
Range of possible CANDU fuel cycles: CANDU reactors can accept a variety of fuel types, including the used fuel from light-water reactors.