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Saturday, January 5, 2013

“CANDU in Japan: different, proven, and symbiotic with the current fleet”

“CANDU in Japan: different, proven, and symbiotic with the current fleet”

 “Japan is a highly advanced nuclear nation, and has extensive experience with many reactor technologies and fuel cycles. These include the so-called FUGEN reactor, which incorporated heavy water moderator, boiling light water coolant, and mixed oxide fuel. When Japan’s new prime minister Shinzo Abe said last week that he wants new nuclear reactors and that they should be much different from the 50 light water designs that for decades provided the bulk of Japan’s nuclear electricity, Steve Aplin of Canadian Energy Issues gave some reasons why the heavy water CANDU could perfectly fit the bill.”


Blog URL: www.canadianenergyissues.com

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