Sentences with phrase «heavy water reactor»

Afterwards, he started working in Atomics International of California in a project for the design of a heavy water reactor.

Achieving that longer lead time requires blocking Iran's four routes to nuclear weapons: through its Natanz and Fordow uranium enrichment facilities, where thousands of centrifuges separate uranium isotopes; through plutonium production at the Arak heavy water reactor, which Iran says is needed to produce medical radioisotopes; and by way of a covert path involving undisclosed facilities.

One major bone of contention has been the Arak heavy water reactor.

Alter the Arak heavy water reactor to support civilian, rather than military, usage.

The Government of Canada could build on this momentum to develop an expanded MoU on civilian nuclear technology co-operation that includes research in pressurized heavy water reactor technology, nuclear medicine and other areas discussed by the prime ministers.

India's environment minister Jairam Ramesh has said that the country should expand its nuclear energy program mainly by using its indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors, of which the country now has 18 installed.

Most reactors of this type are known as pressurised heavy water reactors, favoured especially in Canada.

This has Candu reactors, pressurized heavy water reactors, which are very different from the light water reactors in Finland.

Uranium metal enriched with Uranium - 235 is used in heavy water reactors while light water reactors use low enriched Uranium.

James B. Conant urges proceeding with * all * options for producing fissionable material simultaneously: gaseous diffusion, centrifuge, Electromagnetic Separation, and plutonium breeding using both graphite and heavy water reactors.

There are many nuclear fuel options: thorium, unenriched uranium (e.g. in heavy water reactors), enriched uranium in many different types of reactors, depleted uranium, «spent fuel» / used fuel» / «nuclear waste».

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However, when asked to comment, one CEO said Canada is in a strong position because Candu reactors use heavy water instead of boiled or pressurized water, which allows the reactor to run on natural uranium instead of enriched uranium fuel.

After the leak of heavy water at the Wolsong nuclear power plant, South Korea is reconsidering its plan to import an additional Candu - 9 model pressurized heavy - water nuclear reactor from Canada.

It was alleged that the Indian test had been carried out using plutonium from the CIRUS reactor (Canada India Research and United States) where the reactor was supplied by Canada and the heavy water (for the reactor) was provided by the United States.

China has or is building heavy - water reactors from Canada, «evolutionary» pressurized - water reactors from France, pebble - bed reactors tested in South Africa, and even is working on reactors that would use molten salt for cooling and thorium for fuel.

The Heroes Of Telemark — Decent enough WW2 action film set in Norway as the Allies try to blow up some Nazi reactors to prevent them from developing heavy water (necessary for an atomic bomb).

Heavy water is used as a moderator in some reactors because it slows neutrons effectively and also has a low cross section for absorption of neutrons.

Canadian reactors use water loaded with deuterium (called «heavy water»), while others are gas cooled.

US - APWR: The Mitsubishi Heavy Industry US - APWR design is a 1,700 MWe pressurized water reactor being licensed and built in Japan.

For heavy - water - cooled and some gas - cooled reactors it has, of course, always been 1.000.