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NNadir

(38,019 posts)
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 02:02 PM 5 hrs ago

A nice video about what I regard as the best thermal nuclear reactor ever designed and put into commercial service.

I don't think the reactor is being used to its best potential, which to my mind would make its potential for breeding new fuel high, a ternary plutonium/uranium/thorium fuel, and I don't approve of nuclear waste dumps, depositories, but the video is nonetheless excellent on a "beginner" level.

The CANDU:

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