NATS 1840 Lecture 18: NATS 1840 Lecture 18 - summary
27 Jul 2016
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Nats 1840 lecture 18 comparative international adoption of nuclear. Nuclear weapon states: us, russia, uk, france, china, india, pakistan and. 17% nuclear in canada, we sell nuclear power to us. Point lepreau nuclear reactor in new brunswick: 9 years to construct, going 1 billion over budget. Sells power to new england at higher rates, since capital investment was made by the canadian government, us is eager to buy power. Majority of worldwide reactors variations on american light water reactor (lwr) design, canada: heavy water reactor (hwr) called the candu (canadian deuterium uranium), 400-600mw. Highly enriched uranium fuel, moderator, likelihood of fission. Cost overruns, waste concerns and accident risks, low worldwide adoption of nuclear power. Nuclear a science based technology, economic failure. Technological development to rebuild nation, national identity. Recreation of a french national identity along technocratic lines. French engineers, promotion of french national interests. Defeat in wwii, national anxiety about technological backwardness.
