Swimming pool reactor
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A swimming pool reactor, also called an open pool reactor, is a type of nuclear reactor that has a core immersed in an open pool usually of water.
NC State's PULSTAR Reactor is a 1 MW pool-type research reactor with 4% enriched, pin-type fuel consisting of UO2 pellets in zircaloy cladding.
Overhead view of the core of the RA-3 Research and Production Reactor (CNEA, Argentina)
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
Qinshan Phase III units 1 and 2, located in Zhejiang, China.
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.