Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3 months agoA reminder that SMRs make us dependent on US nuclear fuelwww.cnsc-ccsn.gc.caexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkA reminder that SMRs make us dependent on US nuclear fuelwww.cnsc-ccsn.gc.caAvid Amoeba@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3 months agomessage-square3linkfedilinkfile-text
We do not have uranium enrichment capacity for manufacturing SMR fuel. CANDU reactors on the other hand use Canadian fuel.
minus-squaremorbidcactus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoCANDU also has a lot of different possible fuel cycles, from Wikipedia, these are some of the possible options We also already have the ability to produce heavy water for them.
CANDU also has a lot of different possible fuel cycles, from Wikipedia, these are some of the possible options
We also already have the ability to produce heavy water for them.