Meeting ALWR requirements with the CANDU 3

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6008306

Hedges, K R; Bonechi, M; Hinchley, E M ^[1]

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1. Sheridan Park Research Community, Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B2 (CA)

The successful operation of CANDU reactors in a number of countries has established them as a commercial alternative to light water reactors. CANDU 3 is the most recent CANDU design. When conceptual design work began on the CANDU 3, an important focus was placed on the establishment of appropriate requirements for this new more advanced plant. With the work that has gone forward in the United States and elsewhere on advanced light water reactors, it is natural that the CANDU designers would compare the independently derived CANDU 3 requirements and features with those of the ALWRs. This paper reviews the requirements set for ALWRs. These include safety, simplicity, conservative design margins, reliance on experience, a focus on utility needs, performance, economics, and elimination of regulatory uncertainty. For each of these the paper shows how the CANDU 3 designers have independently established remarkably similar requirements, and how those requirements are met by the CANDU 3 design.

• OSTI ID: 6008306
• Report Number(s): CONF-901034--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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