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What type of nuclear reactor is used in Ontario to produce electricity?

This is the Candu type, which was uniquely developed in Canada to use heavy water moderator and natural uranium fuel


What type of nuclear reactor does Canada sell to other countries?

The Candu reactor, which is a heavy water moderated reactor with horizontal pressure tubes enclosing the fuel rods. Something unique to the Canadians, but which has been successful and is installed also in several power stations in Canada, mostly in Ontario.


State different names of thermal power plant?

Different types of nuclear plants: Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR); Boiling Water Reactor (BWR); Heavy Water Moderated Reactor (CANDU); Advanced Gascooled Reactor (AGR); Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR); Pebble Bed Gascooled Reactor; Water Cooled Graphite Reactor (RBMK). There are other ideas that only exist on paper.


Name one type of nuclear reactor?

One type of nuclear reactor is the pressurized water reactor (PWR). In a PWR, the heat generated by nuclear fission in the reactor core is transferred to water, which circulates through the core to create steam that drives turbines to produce electricity.


Does CANDU reactor use enriched uranium?

CANDU Reactors are specifically designed such that they do not require enriched uranium, and can operate entirely on naturally-occurring uranium. A CANDU design is generally used by parties that do not desire uranium enrichment facilities, due to the cost of those facilities. That said, a CANDU reactor CAN use enriched uranium, they are fully capable of supporting that fuel type.


What is a nuclear reaction coolant?

Presumably you mean nuclear reactor coolant? This is the fluid that transfers the reactor thermal output to the steam raising units in a PWR, or to the turbine in a BWR, in which cases it is natural water. Gas cooled reactors can use carbon dioxide or helium, and CANDU reactors use heavy water.


Examples of nuclear reactors?

Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) US, France, Japan, Russia, China265251.6enriched UO2waterwaterBoiling Water Reactor (BWR) US, Japan, Sweden9486.4enriched UO2waterwaterPressurised Heavy Water Reactor 'CANDU' (PHWR) Canada4424.3natural UO2heavy waterheavy waterGas-cooled Reactor (AGR & Magnox) UK1810.8natural U (metal),enriched UO2CO2graphiteLight Water Graphite Reactor (RBMK) Russia1212.3enriched UO2watergraphiteFast Neutron Reactor (FBR) Japan, France, Russia41.0PuO2 and UO2liquid sodiumnoneOther Russia40.05enriched UO2watergraphite


What are nuclear reactors called?

One type (model) of reactor is the CANDU, or Canada (CAN) dueterium-uranium (DU)reactor. Ther are also differences between fusion and fission reactors, fast and thermal reactors (the differences bing in the speed of the neutrons used to initiate the chain reaction, usually fission), light or heavy water cooled or moderated reactors, and many other distinctions.


The moderator used in the nuclear reactor at Madras atomic power station in Kalpakkam is?

The moderator used in the nuclear reactor at Madras Atomic Power Station in Kalpakkam is usually heavy water (deuterium oxide) or light water (ordinary water). These moderators are important for slowing down neutrons produced during nuclear fission reactions to sustain the chain reaction in the reactor.


Why is only heavy water used as coolant for nuclear energy and can you use any other coolant used replacing D2O?

Many pressurized water reactors use "regular" water (light water) as a primay coolant. That means that "only heavy water" is not a rule as regards reactor design. Reactor design specifies the coolant to be used.


How many type of nuclear energy?

Nuclear fission reactors come in various forms, though the principle of using the heat from a nuclear chain reaction is always the same. 1. Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR). 2. Boiling Water Reactor (BWR). 3. Magnox gas cooled reactor (no longer built) 4. Advanced gas cooled reactor (no longer built but still in use in UK). 5. Canadian heavy water reactor (Candu) 6. Russian design of Chernobyl type. I think this covers the most used types for power generation. There are others such as the gas cooled pebble bed reactor, and the fast breeder reactor, that are possible but designs have not been so successful and these have not been adopted commercially.


In nuclear reactor heavy water is used as?

Heavy water (deuterium) functions as a moderator. It slows down fast neutrons released by fission reactions in order to allow the reaction to be sustained. Fast neutrons pass through the reactor before initiating another fission reaction.