How CANDU Reactors Can Solve The Nuclear Waste Problem

What If I were to tell you that a current generation of Nuclear Power Reactor's called the CANDU, have the capability of using nuclear waste as fresh fuel. A Nuclear Power reactor technology that was developed by Canada in the early 1960s, it has the flexibility of using different sources of fuel, one of which is called DUPIC or Direct Use of Pressurized Water Reactor Fuel in CANDU. That's why in this video, I simplify how a CANDU Reactor is able to do this

⏰TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Why the World needs more CANDU Reactors
00:46 - How Can a CANDU Reactor Burn Nuclear Waste?
01:51 - Benefits of using CANDU to burn Nuclear Waste
04:23 - Why DUPIC fuel outperforms Natural Uranium
05:06 - Why does CANDU have this unique capability?
06:52 - Challenges with DUPIC fuel

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[TheMBAcoach]

Wow, great video. I can't believe that this is possible. Insane that we aren't doing this everywhere

[Dylan-hhvo]

Any thoughts on putting together a video on some fast spectrum reactors? Big fan of the closed fuel cycle and massive reduction in HLW they would unlock.

[DanielBelzil]

I know Korea experimented with OREOX. This is great comtent.

[congoose]

Great information and presentation! You need more subscribers

[aravinthsriraj]

You explained it great, learned a lot of new things!

[stickynorth]

Great video as always! I was wondering if you're going to do a video on the new CANDU Monark 1000 design and why it's even more of an advantageous reactor to build...

[ericderbez]

Thank you Osama. Great video as always. At some point can you go into the recycling of the zirconium cladding for fuel bundles? Cheers

[petehall]

Found the nuclear waste video, thank you

[miantariq]

Great vlog as always. Osama you are really hardworking to make your ideas turned into reality. Why not? Every word you say is really calculated and is based on scientific testing of course.

[mortennygaard]

very informative :) thanks! I heard that when my homecountry of Denmark was going into nuclear in the 70ies before we banned it after public pressure, the CANDU reactor was seriously discussed as a posible choice of reactor. Now more Danes are pro nuclear than against it, and we have 2 Danish MSR companies one of them namely Copenhgan Atomics is planning on using heavy water for their thorium MSR. Hypothetically speaking, do you think it would make sense for Denmark to build out CANDU reactors now to start us up on the path towards using CPH Atomics Heavy Water Thorium MSR (called the Wasteburner)? Or what would you say was the best way for Denmark to proceed if we asume politicians where on board today?

[swokatsamsiyu]

Thank you for this most informative video. It answered a lot of questions I still had about the Dupic fuel cycle. Some of them I had worked out myself through diligent reading, but some questions were left open which you answered with your video. One small last question; doesn't the increased power output (from 935 -> 1100 to use your example) hurt the reactor? Like extra stress on core materials etc?

As an aside, there is another reactor that can do what the CANDU does. The Russian BN-800 (Быстрых Нейтронах = Fast Neutron) can also use the spent fuel from other light water reactors. However, it is a fast breeder reactor, not a thermal reactor.

And I have two favourite reactor types. The CANDU obviously, and the RBMK despite its many flaws and weaknesses. Weird combo, I know😅

[AlldaylongRock]

Could one also reprocess the PWR SNF and «dope» the MOX fuel with a burnable poison like thorium, or downblend with U-238 to 0.7%+ the leftover Pu? Wouldn't the extra reactivity using reprocessed fuel allow for Th-232 to U-233 «breeding»? IIRC India wants to try this but just use Pu-Th MOX.
LWR+PHWR seems like a great middle ground until fast reactors come and further burn these «wastes» into materials that just need 300 years of storage.

[steveirwin]

Great Show on a complicated Subject Osama!!! This will need allot of Hot Cell work to fabricate the spent assemblies into CANDU Bundles. But it beats a full blown fuel reprocessing in cost. I believe the reason this idea hasn't caught on is because Uranium is too cheap right now. If the price were to climb into the low hundreds for a few years to catch the interest. Currently Uranium oxideis at ~$40 lb

[dodaexploda]

THE MIGHTY CANDU! Thanks for the great video. I have heard about this process before and wondered about it. I'm guessing we would possibly need to build some new CANDUs to figure out the fuelling process. The process might require building in a special pool into the intake end. Which makes me think. Can this be done with fuel that's over 10 years old? That doesn't need water and only needs a special tiny dry cask? Let's figure this out, and build some more CANDUs! Get the US to pay us to take their spent fuel. Win win!

[mihneaciurea]

In Romania we have two CANDU reactors and those are at about 300km from Bulgaria's two PWR.

[Rampage]

Ok, I have to ask. When you say nuclear waste. Are you referring to what comes out of the reactor? (U238, U235, P239, I131, C134, C137, S90) Or just the new elements and isotopes that are produced (P239, I131, C134, C137, S90)?

[HexaSquirrel]

It’s a real shame the Advanced CANDU was shelved. Another great video, Osama!

[YourCapyFrenBigly_DPipes]

Osama, can you give a video recommendation that gives a good overview of all nuke power tech in use or under development today??

[oap]

Can the waste from the candu reactors be further recycled? How long does its waste present radiation dangers and need to be stored?

[uzairkhan]

Bro can u send me the syllabus of the undergrad program that u persuade.
I also want to do nuclear engineering but ist want to see the contents that they teach as i didn't find the syllabus anywhere.