The ULTIMATE CANDU Reactor Guide

Want to know everything about the CANDU reactor? Here’s why In this video, I’ll be doing a technical deep dive into how the CANDU Nuclear Reactor works. Originally a AECL design, I go through everything you need to know about this reactor design.


⏰TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - A Canadian Legacy
00:49 - Calandria, Reactor Vessel
01:26 - Pressure Tubes
02:13 - Calandria Tube and moderator
02:28 - Annulus Gas
03:11 - Fueling a CANDU Reactor
05:10 - Design of the Fuel Bundle
06:27 - Energy density of CANDU Fuel
07:31 - Why Zirconium is important
08:49 - Lifecycle of a CANDU Fuel Bundle
09:37 - Spent Fuel Bay
11:05 - Dry Storage Containers
11:51 - Natural versus Enriched Uranium
13:56 - What is a moderator?
15:14 - Benefits of using Natural Uranium in a CANDU
16:10 - On Power Refueling
17:24 - Controlling a CANDU Reactor
18:52 - CANDU Safety Systems



🙋🏾‍♂️WHO AM I:
I'm Osama, I have a background in Nuclear Engineering and work in Toronto, Canada. On my channel I help demystify nuclear technologies by simplifying them.

📨GET IN TOUCH (Questions, Feedback, New video ideas, Collaborations)
EMAIL: 📩 [email protected]

GRAB A COFFEE WITH ME
☕ I love meeting up with people in real life (and Virtually). So here's a standing offer - if you fancy taking a trip to Toronto (Canada) and want to chat, I'll buy you a coffee, no questions asked. I'm generally available most weekday evenings after 7pm.

Drop me an email ( 📩[email protected]) and include [Coffee] in the subject line, and we can work something out.

🔗SOURCES:
1) [https://www.nuclearfaq.ca/cnf_section...]
2) [https://www.brucepower.com/safety-fir...]
3) [https://canteach.candu.org/content library/19930101.pdf]
4) [https://www.unene.ca/essentialcandu/p... - Genealogy of CANDU Reactors.pdf]
5) [https://www.nuclearfaq.ca/cnf_section...]
6) [https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publica...]
7) [https://nuclear.duke-energy.com/2015/... Cherenkov effect can be seen near the,space in the form of waves or particles]
8) [https://ewh.ieee.org/reg/7/millennium...]

🚧 Disclaimer: views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the video belong solely to Osama, and not necessarily to Osama's employer, organization, committee or other group or individual.

#CANDUReactor #nuclearreactor #nuclearpower