{"id":27716,"date":"2012-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashleydev.com\/2012\/04\/20\/the-evolution-of-nuclear-power\/"},"modified":"2020-08-27T11:43:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T15:43:12","slug":"the-evolution-of-nuclear-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2012\/04\/20\/the-evolution-of-nuclear-power\/","title":{"rendered":"The Evolution of Nuclear Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1962, the NPD (Nuclear Power Demonstration) reactor came online and demonstrated the CANDU (CANada Deuterium Uranium) design. The NPD was Canada\u2019s first electricity-producing reactor, and the world\u2019s first heavy-water power reactor. Canada\u2019s CANDU reactor is a Generation II<\/strong> commercial reactor. It\u2019s considered one of the world\u2019s safest and most successful nuclear reactors.<\/p>\n

Nuclear reactor designs have continued to evolve from the Gen II designs to make them even safer, more efficient, and in some cases, smaller (i.e. small modular reactors) – but still powerful enough to power a small city.<\/p>\n

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We've come a long way, baby!<\/p><\/div>\n

GENERATIONS III AND III+<\/strong>
\nGeneration III<\/strong> designs, now in use, reflect design improvements that have made these systems safer and more efficient and given them longer operating lives (typically 60 years) than earlier systems.<\/p>\n

Generation III+<\/strong> designs, which are now being built outside Canada, extend these improvements.\u00a0 (The \u201cGeneration\u201d standards for nuclear technologies originated with the U.S. Department of Energy \u2013 www.energy.gov<\/a>).<\/p>\n

WHAT IS GENERATION IV?<\/strong>
\nCanada is part of an international collaboration to set the following goals for advanced nuclear energy systems, and to work toward them:<\/p>\n