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They still have their own CANDU nucleur technology which is impressive for a country their size. Britain basically have up on theirs.
by gandalfian 6y ago
They still have their own CANDU nucleur technology which is impressive for a country their size. Britain basically have up on theirs.
- goalieca 6y agoWell actually, we started selling that off to SNC and it's rotting now.. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/aecl-sold-for-15m-to-snc-lavalin-1.985786 https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/aecl-sold-for-15m-to-snc-la...
- andromeduck 6y agoat least we still have a few SMR startups like Terrestrial https://www.terrestrialenergy.com/ https://www.terrestrialenergy.com/
- SuoDuanDao 6y agoThere are no military applications to CANDU (heavy water allows it to use less-refined uranium fuel), so I imagine America wouldn't have felt the need to interfere.
- g8oz 6y agoNot exactly true...India used plutonium produced by its CANDU reactors for the development of their first nuclear bomb. http://www.ccnr.org/india_press.html http://www.ccnr.org/india_press.html