On-power refueling for the CANDU reactor
- Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) CANDU, along with its affiliates, has designed and developed a specialized robotic system capable of refueling a Canada deuterium uranium (CANDU) reactor at full power under full load. Additionally, this is a production system; such on-power refueling is a routine daily occurrence on a CANDU reactor. On-power refueling was first successfully implemented on NRU, an AECL research reactor located at the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories. Since then, it has been refined into the sophisticated automated robotic systems in daily use at 20 CANDU reactor units around the world. Although its development was necessary for the CANDU natural uranium fuel cycle, the technology has spin-off benefits that may be useful elsewhere.
- OSTI ID:
- 6672299
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-921102--
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Vol. 66; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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