Most of the noise around nuclear right now goes to new reactors. Small modular reactors on slick conference slides, fusion machines in startup press kits, the
Just that you know: they do not cut open the actual reactor. They cut open the engine house (or however it is called in Canada), which houses generators and turbines running on a non-radioactive steam circuit. The engine house is the usually rectangular building next to the actual reactor, the building where all the power lines originate from.
Actually, they did cut open the reactor building. CANDU is a unique type of nuclear reactor in that it uses unenriched natural uranium. It uses a heavy water loop, which is heated by the reactor core (heavy water acts as the moderator). The heat from the heavy water loop is transferred to a light water loop in a steam generator. The generated steam is sent to another building where a turbine turns it into electricity. They replaced those steam generators, which are housed in the reactor building.
Oh my! They were talking about the “hot” to “cold” heat exchanger then. I never thought people would cut open a nuclear reactors protective building except for dismanteling. How the heck do they think they get it closed up again in a safe manner? They basically shot the integrity of the outer protective layer then.
Just that you know: they do not cut open the actual reactor. They cut open the engine house (or however it is called in Canada), which houses generators and turbines running on a non-radioactive steam circuit. The engine house is the usually rectangular building next to the actual reactor, the building where all the power lines originate from.
Actually, they did cut open the reactor building. CANDU is a unique type of nuclear reactor in that it uses unenriched natural uranium. It uses a heavy water loop, which is heated by the reactor core (heavy water acts as the moderator). The heat from the heavy water loop is transferred to a light water loop in a steam generator. The generated steam is sent to another building where a turbine turns it into electricity. They replaced those steam generators, which are housed in the reactor building.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANDU_reactor
Oh my! They were talking about the “hot” to “cold” heat exchanger then. I never thought people would cut open a nuclear reactors protective building except for dismanteling. How the heck do they think they get it closed up again in a safe manner? They basically shot the integrity of the outer protective layer then.
The engine house is called eh reactor in Canada.