One of the standout features of the CANDU design is its horizontal calandria vessel. It contains 480 tubes that allow high-temperature cooling water to pass through. Each tube has two end fittings ...

The refurbishment will allow the Candu units to continue generating power for a further 30 years. Candu reactors feature a large horizontal calandria vessel with 480 tubes through which cooling water ...

Before disassembling a CANDU reactor, it must be disconnected ... In March 2018, work then moved to releasing the 960 calandria tube inserts (CTI) and, after that, to removing the 480 calandria ...

All 380 calandria tubes, which house the reactor's fuel channels and through which heavy water coolant circulates, have been removed and replaced in work which should enable the 679 MWe reactor to ...

1 The retubing of fuel channels and component replacement (including of pressure tubes, calandria tubes and feeders) of a CANDU reactor allows for the doubling of its lifespan, granting Unit 1 at ...

of the removal and replacement of calandria tubes, pressure tubes and end fittings in a CANDU 6® nuclear reactor. "This success marks the first time a CANDU 6 reactor has had all of the fuel ...

Candu Energy Inc., under SNC-Lavalin Group ... sag and pressure tube to calandria tube gap, and also located garter springs. This is used to verify physical integrity of the tube and to help ...

Pizzuto said CANDU technology is owned by the Government of Canada and AtkinsRéalis is the exclusive license holder. Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear energy company, is building Turkey's first ...

OTTAWA—The Liberal government is lending AtkinsRéalis, formerly SNC-Lavalin, up to $304 million to design the next generation of CANDU nuclear reactors, a move that could allow the company to ...

AtkinsRéalis wants to develop a new Candu reactor to sell around the world, but an industry insider says the company's past could be a 'big problem' to getting funding You can save this article ...

SIRNAK, Turkey, May 21 (Reuters) - Turkey is in talks with Canada's Candu Energy and other companies regarding plans to build its second and third nuclear power plants, Turkish Energy Minister ...