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Excellent neutron economy and on-line refuelling allow CANDU reactors to operate on a variety of fuel cycles. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) has an on-going program exploring fuel options [1,2]. The motivation includes fissile resource extension, fuel cycle economics, and waste management, environmental, political and strategic considerations. Technically, several fuel cycles are ready for exploitation, but at present all Canadian reactors use the natural uranium (NU) fuel cycle.
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Boczar, P.G., Kupca, S., Fehrenbach, P.J., Dastur, A.R. (1995). Plutonium Burning in CANDU. In: Merz, E.R., Walter, C.E., Pshakin, G.M. (eds) Mixed Oxide Fuel (Mox) Exploitation and Destruction in Power Reactors. NATO ASI Series, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2288-9_8
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