NRU Status Report #69
(August 11) AECL provides the following status report on the unplanned shutdown of the NRU reactor at its Chalk River Laboratories. More
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AECL's Enhanced CANDU 6 Reactor (EC6) Achieves Important Milestone of Canadian Regulator's Pre-Project Design Review
(April) The CNSC has completed Phase 1 of a Pre-Project Design Review of AECL's EC6™. The conclusion is that, at an overall level, the design intent is compliant with the CNSC regulatory requirements and meets the expectations for new nuclear power plants in Canada. More
CANDU Reactor in China first to directly use recovered uranium fuel
(March) AECL announced today that the first-ever fuel bundle to directly use recovered uranium from light water reactors was successfully placed in the Qinshan CANDU Unit 1 Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) on Monday, March 22. More