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CANDU reactor

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How CANDU reactors work

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CANDU Reactors | Skill-Lync

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CANDU Reactors

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Benefits of the CANDU reactor

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Touring the Darlington training mock-up of the CANDU reactor

The CANDU, for Canada Deuterium Uranium, 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 first developed in the late 1950s and 1960s by a partnership between Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, Canadian General Electric, and other companies.
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  • Tritium production 

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