Advanced CANDU reactor
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Advanced CANDU reactor
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The Advanced CANDU reactor (ACR), or ACR-1000, was a proposed Generation III+ nuclear reactor design, developed by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL). It combined features of the existing CANDU pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWR) with features of light-water cooled pressurized water reactors (PWR). From CANDU, it took the heavy water moderator, which gave the design an improved neutron economy that allowed it to burn a variety of fuels. It replaced the heavy water cooling loop with one c
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Canadian third generation nuclear reactor design
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_CANDU_reactor
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2022-11-21T04:47:55Z
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