Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 day agoA reminder that SMRs make us dependent on US nuclear fuelwww.cnsc-ccsn.gc.caexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-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·edit-221 hours 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.