Cernavoda 6 a Safe Technology
septembrie 8, 2011 by EnergoNuclear
Filed under Technology
CANDU 6 is a safe technology with a successful track-record over the last decades. It was designed specifically for electricity production. This focused development is one of the reasons that CANDU reactors have such high fuel efficiency.
The main characteristics of CANDU 6 reactor are:
Natural uranium fuel
Heavy water moderator
Channel-type reactor
On-power refuelling
Fully automated operation
Computer controlled
CANDU 6 has an appropriate combination of inherent, passive, engineered and administrative safety characteristics
•Reactivity control
- Control rods absorbers
- Poison injection
•Shutdown of the reactor
- 2 fully capable shutdown systems
•Control Rooms
- 2 control rooms (Main and Secondary Control Room)
•Emergency Power Supply
- 2 Sets of Diesel Generators
As part of its original design, CANDU 6 reactor has inherent passive sources of decay heat removal following reactor shutdown. The Reactor Core and the water inventories as passive features preventing severe accidents is presented below.
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