CANDU REACTOR

16BME0293 – ISH KAPOOR

16BME0496 – DIVAKAR SAINI
16BME0446 – DEVASHISH VERMA
INTRODUCTION

 CANDU stands for Canada Deutrium Uranium

 It uses Uranium oxide as a fuel and Deutrium oxide (heavy water) as
amoderator
 It generates more than 23000 MW of energy, about 21% of
electricity produced by nuclear energy
 Its core is kept on cylindrical tank called calandria
 Calandria consist of 2 tube i.e , pressure tube (inlet) and calandria
tube (outlet)
SALIENT FEATURES

 It has the ability to refuel while it is still running which increases its
capacity factor
 Enriched fuel is not required
 A CANDU reactor can even challenge the fast breeder reactor for
efficient use of uranium resources.
 CANDU is pre-eminent among the world's thermal reactor systems in
the amount of useful energy generated per tonne of uranium
mined.
INSTALLED LOCATION

UNITS

 CANADA 600
 SOUTH KOREA 2500
 INDIA 277
 CHINA 1280
 ARGENTINA 600
 ROMANIA 1300
 PAKISTAN 125
DIAGRAM
COMPARISION

 Unlike other reactor, it uses uranium oxide as a fuel

 No need for it to shut down completely while
refueling
 It produces a huge amount of energy
 The CANDU reactor possesses a unique safety
feature in the low-temperature moderator
surrounding the pressure tubes.
 This means that a large and effective heat sink
is present to prevent core meltdown for
depressurization accidents
CHALLENGES

 Cost of heavy water is very high

 Leakages create a big problem
FUTURISTIC

 The CANDU reactor system has proven itself to be a world leader in

terms of station availability and low total unit energy cost.
 For the long term, work on advanced fuel cycles and major system
improvements are underway ensuring that CANDU plants will stay
competitive well into the next century.
 It is cost competitive with other nuclear power systems as it can
produce electricity at half the cost of that from stations using
imported coal.