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Candu: The Canadian Nuclear Reactor
Using technology developed for atomic bombs, Canadian scientists hoped to bring safe, economical power to an energy-hungry world. By 1962, the first Candu (Canada Deuterium Uranium) reactor was powering Canadian homes, and Canada led the world in nuclear power generation technology. But Candu has fallen on hard times, faced with rising costs and serious environmental and ethical questions.
Reactor diagram courtesy of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.
11 television clips
4 radio clips
An accident at NRU
Broadcast Date: June 1, 1958
An accident at the NRU reactor spreads radioactive dust throughout the 12-storey building.An accident at NRU
Medium: Television
Program: CBC Newsmagazine
Broadcast Date: June 1, 1958
Guest(s):
Duration: 0:42
Last updated:
Jan. 12, 2011
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Radio
2:05
June 4, 1962
In Rolphton, Ont., the first Candu reactor begins producing electrical power.
Radio
10:29
Nov. 9, 1965
The largest power blackout to that point in history leaves 30 million people in darkness.
An accident at NRU.
The CBC Digital Archives Website.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Last updated: Jan. 12, 2011.
[Page consulted on Feb. 13, 2012.]