Transcending natural uranium fuel cycles

摘要

Candu Energy's Advanced Fuel CANDU® Reactor (AFCR™) is capable of efficiently using recycled uranium-(RU) and thorium-based fuels. It is the only generation Ⅲ reactor design that can do so, that is available now, and that meets post-Fukushima requirements. The AFCR was developed by Candu Energy, in co-operation with China National Nuclear Corporation's Third Qinshan Nuclear Power Corporation (TQNPC), China North Nuclear Fuel Company, and the Nuclear Power Institute of China, as part of a strategic plan to reduce the dependency of countries like China on natural uranium (NU), while providing significant performance and economic advantages.