CANDU technology features
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Candu Energy’s Generation III 700 MWe Enhanced CANDU 6®
(EC6®) reactor is a secure and economical solution to fuel
cycle management due to its ability to use not just traditional
natural uranium but also advanced and recycled fuels
including mixed oxide (MOX). The fuel channel layout of
CANDU® reactors coupled with on-power refuelling and
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The EC6 Control Room features touch-enabled video display units.
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solution for plutonium lifecycle management with technically
superior performance when compared to other thermal reactor
technologies. Coupled with CANMOX
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incremental design enhancements. This Generation III reactor
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incorporating fuel-related advantages while retaining
the provenness of the reactor fundamentals. The EC6
incorporates the inherent safety features of globally-deployed
CANDU reactors that have safely operated for decades.
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reduce long-lived waste quantities and generate peaceful
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materials as fuel.
While nuclear power is widely recognized as a viable source of energy to help combat
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Sellafield Site
GDF Repository
FUEL PLANT
POWER
PLANT
Secureandprotectedplutoniumand
depleteduranium (DU)storage
CANMOX
™
FuelPelletPlant
Up to
2.8GW(e)
available
CANDU
®
AutomatedFuel
FabricationFacility
Leaseofplutonium
&DU fromNDA
Inventorystorage&
deliveryofCANMOX
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fuel
pellets to fuel fabrication
Deliver
finished fuel
tonew fuel
storage
Offload toMACSTOR
®
PassiveDryStorage
andsecureuntil
GeologicalDisposal
Facility (GDF)available
Offload to transport
containeranddeliver toGDF
Sites using
CANMOX
™
fuel
ENHANCED
CANDU
®
6 (EC6
®
)
The CANMOX fuel cycle
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