Actually the cost ofgeneration of CANDU and PWR are more or less the same because CANDU uses heavy water as coolant which is much much more costlier than light water used in PWR.Thus the savings in terms of using natural uranium gets evened out by using heavy water as coolant.
Actually the cost ofgeneration of CANDU and PWR are more or less the same because CANDU uses heavy water as coolant which is much much more costlier than light water used in PWR.Thus the savings in terms of using natural uranium gets evened out by using heavy water as coolant.
If the moderator leaks out like it did in Japan's reactor (which isn't CANDU) the worst that will happen is the reaction slows way down, almost stops. Other reactors need a moderator to *prevent* them from melting down, CANDU needs it to *force* the reaction, it's practically impossible to meltdown.
Yeah close them all, and let's open more coal power plants shall we? You probably didn't stand still by the fact that a coal power plant probably generates more radioactive particals in the air than a nuclear power plant in 1 year normal operation does, by burning it ? Where do you think we get uranium of ? THE GROUND The same goes for coal. It's nature. Do you wan't to check every peace of coal before burning ?
So go ahead close them and BREATH THE CO2 / RADIOACTIVE PARTICALS :D
@tommeken16 And in some places you get the nice radioactive radon gases in your very own home too from mother nature...
And you cannot just ban nuclear energy like some activists think, energy needs to come from somewhere after all, and the alternative to nuclear is coal to produce sufficient amounts. Solar just chews up so much land it is unfeasible.
But check my math on this, fuel wise it costs around 40 USD per home per year to produce power from these pellets? Interesting.
because you would only reveive normal background radiation levels... u 235 has a half-life of about a billion years so very small activity... its doesn't click so often by holding it to the pellet.
Wow man, thanks for the reply.. i was just looking at it in a way, that for say, you have your own personal reactor for your house.. and you bought one buldle for 5K. you could technicaly power your house for 152 years for just 5000$!!!!!
The cost of generation from fast breeder is too expensive as of now.plus there are lot of operational issues, It uses plutonium as fuel and liquid sodium as coolant which has its own issues.
Well but look at General Atomics EM2 module, a gas cooled reactor or the PRISM of GE.
They are quite well designed and at the border of being deployed...but they are still not competitive.
My personal favorite is the concept of reduced-moderated-water-reactor, making a fast spectrum by reducing the water-to-moderator ratio. They also take advantage of the sucessful water designs. Very exciting I think!
That's kind of funny..... RMBK reactors are considered obsolete and generally quite dangerous. Also, the few remaining reactors in operation are scheduled to be shut down.
I work at a Nuclear Generating Station. Where do you work?
@Bizonych right, thats why there are 42 CANDUs operating in 7 countries with no accidents, while there are a total of 11 RBMKs operating today, all of them in russia.
not to mention RBMK caused the worst nuclear accident in history because they were built by cheap ass communists, so had no containment buildings, and were designed by dumb ass russian engineers (think lada) who used flamable graphite.
Actually the cost ofgeneration of CANDU and PWR are more or less the same because CANDU uses heavy water as coolant which is much much more costlier than light water used in PWR.Thus the savings in terms of using natural uranium gets evened out by using heavy water as coolant.
junkers1980 5 months ago
Actually the cost ofgeneration of CANDU and PWR are more or less the same because CANDU uses heavy water as coolant which is much much more costlier than light water used in PWR.Thus the savings in terms of using natural uranium gets evened out by using heavy water as coolant.
junkers1980 5 months ago
If the moderator leaks out like it did in Japan's reactor (which isn't CANDU) the worst that will happen is the reaction slows way down, almost stops. Other reactors need a moderator to *prevent* them from melting down, CANDU needs it to *force* the reaction, it's practically impossible to meltdown.
dhughes1969 6 months ago
@daltonagre 740mw from one reactor is weak? Alrighty than! Have a nice day, fool
BTW
we here in ONTARIO get over %50 of our electricity from CANDU and never had a problem. Safest reactors around, inherantly!
mattmatt115 10 months ago 2
@mattmatt115 740mw is weak, considering typical commercial units aim for at least 1GW these days.
Koshy2 7 months ago
Yeah close them all, and let's open more coal power plants shall we? You probably didn't stand still by the fact that a coal power plant probably generates more radioactive particals in the air than a nuclear power plant in 1 year normal operation does, by burning it ? Where do you think we get uranium of ? THE GROUND The same goes for coal. It's nature. Do you wan't to check every peace of coal before burning ?
So go ahead close them and BREATH THE CO2 / RADIOACTIVE PARTICALS :D
tommeken16 11 months ago
@tommeken16 And in some places you get the nice radioactive radon gases in your very own home too from mother nature...
And you cannot just ban nuclear energy like some activists think, energy needs to come from somewhere after all, and the alternative to nuclear is coal to produce sufficient amounts. Solar just chews up so much land it is unfeasible.
But check my math on this, fuel wise it costs around 40 USD per home per year to produce power from these pellets? Interesting.
CMDRSweeper 9 months ago
@tommeken16
Best command ever!
hans1066 6 months ago
Why doesn't he hold a geiger counter up to the fuel & show us how unradioactive it is.
heroineworshipper 11 months ago
@heroineworshipper
because you would only reveive normal background radiation levels... u 235 has a half-life of about a billion years so very small activity... its doesn't click so often by holding it to the pellet.
Polonium is different from that ;-)
hans1066 6 months ago
This is a great video! Very informative! :)
88TheEsh 1 year ago
I love how these videos tell me exactly nothing about how the reactor actually works. Thanks, Ontario Power Generation!
originalrhombus 1 year ago
@originalrhombus What don't you understand? The basic concept of how this type of reactor works is illustrated clearly here
ClubAllTheSeals 1 year ago
@daltonagre , CANDU and Canada are world leaders in Nuclear technology. Major Fail on your part
NDVinnyG 2 years ago 2
how much does 8 of those pellets cost?
abcdefghiklmnop12345 2 years ago
The cost of one bundle is close to 5000 USD,where each bundle has 37 pencils and each pencil has 33 pellets.
junkers1980 2 years ago
Wow man, thanks for the reply.. i was just looking at it in a way, that for say, you have your own personal reactor for your house.. and you bought one buldle for 5K. you could technicaly power your house for 152 years for just 5000$!!!!!
LOL that would be awesome!
abcdefghiklmnop12345 2 years ago
But doesn't the pellets differ in price depending on how enrich they are?
peppoj 2 years ago
@junkers1980
relatively cheap compared to enriched u or MOX.... what you personally think? Candu better than average PWR?
hans1066 5 months ago
@hans1066
Better!!...that i am not sure but yes it surely is cheaper to run CANDU than running a PWR.
junkers1980 2 months ago
@junkers1980
I am waiting for fast breeders!! THen its going forward.
hans1066 2 months ago
@hans1066
The cost of generation from fast breeder is too expensive as of now.plus there are lot of operational issues, It uses plutonium as fuel and liquid sodium as coolant which has its own issues.
junkers1980 2 months ago
@junkers1980
Well but look at General Atomics EM2 module, a gas cooled reactor or the PRISM of GE.
They are quite well designed and at the border of being deployed...but they are still not competitive.
My personal favorite is the concept of reduced-moderated-water-reactor, making a fast spectrum by reducing the water-to-moderator ratio. They also take advantage of the sucessful water designs. Very exciting I think!
hans1066 2 months ago
RMBK reactors the best type of reactors
Bizonych 2 years ago
That's kind of funny..... RMBK reactors are considered obsolete and generally quite dangerous. Also, the few remaining reactors in operation are scheduled to be shut down.
I work at a Nuclear Generating Station. Where do you work?
smunge 2 years ago
@Bizonych right, thats why there are 42 CANDUs operating in 7 countries with no accidents, while there are a total of 11 RBMKs operating today, all of them in russia.
not to mention RBMK caused the worst nuclear accident in history because they were built by cheap ass communists, so had no containment buildings, and were designed by dumb ass russian engineers (think lada) who used flamable graphite.
wookieinheat 11 months ago
Good video.
Arsmortis7 3 years ago