Nuclear Power Plants
A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As is typical of thermal power stations, heat is used to generate steam that drives a steam turbine connected to a generator that produces electricity. As of 2018, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported there were 450 nuclear power reactors in operation in 30 countries around the world.Nuclear plants are usually considered to be base load stations since fuel is a small part of the cost of production and because they cannot be easily or quickly dispatched. Their operations, maintenance, and fuel …
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PPF: Public Policy Forum · 13 September 2024 English
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 10 September 2024 English
Canada is one of many countries around the world that use nuclear reactors to generate electrical power, in part to reduce our carbon footprint. Yet this energy produces hazardous, long-lived …
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CELA: Canadian Environmental Law Association · 30 August 2024 English
Submission by the Canadian Environmental Law Association to the Canadian Nuclear Safety 1500 no ISBN assigned Commission Regarding the Regulatory Oversight Report on the Use of Nuclear Substances in Canada: …
Neighbourhoods Committee on the Siting of Nuclear Power Plants: 94 978-1-77189-635-1 T. Vigod February …
School of Public Policy, University of Calgary · 9 August 2024 English
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CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 26 June 2024 English
An international Framework Convention on Global AI Challenges should codify the most important shared objectives and principles for international AI cooperation, namely, the distribution of global benefits from AI, the …
Group. 1999. Basic Safety Principles for Nuclear Power Plants — 75-INSAG-3 Rev. 1. Vienna, Austria: International …
AECL: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited · 26 June 2024 English
Each step of Pan-Canadian Small Modular Reactor and Advanced the way, we will continue to infuse our work with the Reactor Workshop where industry, utilities, academics firm commitment to preserving …
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AECL: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited · 12 June 2024 English
These legacy liabilities are the result of decades of significant contributions and advancements in nuclear science which have benefitted Canadians and the world, including the development of the CANDU technology …
exercises to test cyber security resilience for nuclear power plants in a full-scale cyber physical simulation …
CELA: Canadian Environmental Law Association · 24 April 2024 English
APPROVALS EXTRACTION: Transferring the radioactive wastes into the transportation containers at the reactor station TRANSPORTATION: Transferring the radioactive wastes from the reactor stations to centralized location PROCESSING: Transferring the wastes …
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C.D. Howe Institute · 4 April 2024 English
What About Canada’s Fuel Supply Chain? Canada appears on the verge of a nuclear-power renaissance instigated by the need for reliable carbon-free energy, with the provinces and the federal government …
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Clean Energy Canada · 25 March 2024 English
The former plans to increase nuclear power to 35% of total generation and renewables to 31% from 10% in 2021 by 2036, diminishing the role of LNG in its power …
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