Fuel bundle

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OBJECT TYPE: COMMEMORATIVE
DATE: 1975
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0002.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: 100000
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Zirconium niobium alloy rods; metal plaques on oak base.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 61.0 cm
Width: 22.1 cm
Height: 17.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Generation
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: Commemorates production of 100,000th Candu power reactor fuel bundle.
Technical: The alloy of the rods is significant because of its relatively low absorption of thermal fission products.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: '10000' and 'CGE' logo stamped into right side panel of fuel bundle; 'W' logo stamped into left side./Plaques in English and French on lower front of base bear following inscription: 'THE 100,000TH CANDU/POWER REACTOR FUEL BUNDLE/PRODUCED BY THE CANADIAN NUCLEAR FUEL INDUSTRY/THIS BUNDLE WOULD PRODUCEUP TO 1,000,000 KILOWATT HOURS OF ELECTRICITY/EQUIVALENT TO 450 TONS OF COAL OR2,050 BARRELS OF OIL/PRESENTED BY THE CANADIAN NUCLEAR ASSOCIATION TO/THE RIGHTHONOURABLE P.E. TRUDEAU/PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA/JUNE 17TH, 1975'.
Missing: Artifact is complete.
Finish: Silver metal; wood stained dark-brown.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Fuel bundle, 1975, Artifact no. 1989.0002, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0002.001/

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