advanced fuel candu reactor & the fuel cycle
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›The Advanced Fuel CANDU Reactor & its contribution to a sustainable fuel cycle
›Preston Swafford, Chief Nuclear Officer & EVP, Nuclear PBNC, April 6, 2016
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Nuclear capabilities
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Canada’s Life Extension of CANDU Reactors
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› Leading role in Climate Change
› Over $25 billion investment
› 30 year life extension of 10 CANDU units at
Darlington and Bruce Power
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The AFCR™
& its contribution to a
sustainable fuel cycle
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China – Canada partnerships
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› Long history of co-operation since the 1990s
› Qinshan CANDU project a great success
› Successful demonstration of Natural
Uranium Equivalent (NUE) fuel
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Collaboration on CANDU new build projects
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CANDU fuel cycle
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AFCR advantages
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› No fundamental design changes needed
› No re-enrichment needed for NUE or RU fuel
› Neutron economy for Th fuel
› Synergies with LWR fleets
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2014: Major AFCR milestones
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AFCR benefits to China
› Increasing the utilization of Uranium reserves by 20%
› Increasing China’s low carbon electricity production
by 2 billion MWh per year
› Displacing 26 million tonnes of CO2 per year
› Reducing the overall spent fuel burden
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Vision for the future
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› CANDU technology key to “greening” China’s
nuclear energy production
› China – Canada co-operation mutually beneficial
› Our partnerships can power the world
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