Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors: CANDU, the seventh volume in the JSME Series on Thermal and Nuclear Power Generation series, provides a comprehensive and complete review of a single type of reactor in a very accessible and practical way. The book presents the full lifecycle, from design and manufacturing to operation and maintenance, also covering fitness-for-service and long-term operation. It does not relate to any specific vendor-based technology, but rather provides a broad overview of the latest technologies from a variety of active locations which will be of great value to countries invested in developing their own nuclear programs.
Including contemporary capabilities and challenges of nuclear technology, the book offers practical solutions to common problems faced, along with the safe and approved processes to reach suitable solutions. Professionals involved in nuclear power plant lifecycle assessment and researchers interested in the development and improvement of nuclear energy technologies will gain a deep understanding of PHWR nuclear reactor physics, chemistry and thermal-hydraulic properties.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction. World energy production and the contribution of PHWRs2. Nuclear fuel3. Zr< 2.5Nb pressure tubes in CANDU4. Computational modeling of in-reactor deformation in CANDU fuel channels5. Design and aging management for feeder pipe and feeder supports6. Steam generators7. Electrical power systems8. Radiation protection9. Fitness for service and related concepts10. Fitness-for-service guidelines11. Feeders11. Overview of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission: Canada's nuclear regulator12. The extended operation and life extension project of Embalse Nuclear Power Plant: An account from a regulator's perspective13. Cernavoda: CANDU nuclear power plants in Romania14. Pressurized heavy water reactors probabilistic safety assessment15. Severe accident prevention and mitigation in pressurized heavy water reactors
