Calandria model
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- OBJECT TYPE
- METAL
- DATE
- 1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0180.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Thompson, Harvie & Waring, Steven Ltd.
- MODEL
- CANDU
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MACHINED METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 120.0 cm
- Width
- 95.0 cm
- Height
- 155.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Atomic & nuclear
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Thompson
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- MODEL OF A REACTOR FOR THE DOUGLAS POINT PLANT WHICH AECL STARTED CONSTRUCT IN 1960 & COMMISSIONED BY 1967
- Canada
-
IN 1952 AECL WAS FORMED BY THE CDN GOVT TO WORK IN COOPERATION WITH ONTARIO HYDRO & GE TO DEVELOP A CANADIAN REACTOR. THEY DEVELOPED THE CANDU (CANADA DEUTERIUMURANIUM) REACTOR A UNIQUE TYPE USING "HEAVY WATER" BY THE 1960S. A PROTOTYPE WAS BUILT AT DOUGLAS POINT ON LAKE HURON WHICH WENT INTO PRODUCTION C 1968. - Function
-
USED TO ILLUSTRATE THE CANDU NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY. - Technical
-
THE CANDU IS A PRESSURIZED-HEAVY-WATER, NATURAL-URANIUM POWER REACTOR. DEUTERIUM IS MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AS A MODERATOR THAN LIGHT WATER, THUS ALLOWING THE USE OF NATURAL URANIUM AS A FUEL. AS A RESULT, THE CANDU IS CHEAPER TO FUEL, AND CAN THEROETICALLY GIVE HIGHER LIFETIME CAPACITY FACTORS. [REF.1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLAQUES AFFIXED TO MODEL PRINTED IN ENGLISH & FRENCH: 'CANDU REACTOR FOR THE DOUGLAS POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION' 'DUMP TANK' 'INVAR CALANDRIA HANGER' 'STAINLESS STEEL CALANDRIA' 'TRANSITON PIECE' 'END SHIELD' 'END FITTING [2 TIMES]'/ MFR'S PLATE: 'SCALE MODEL BY/ HARVIE THOMPSON AND/ STEVEN WARING LIMITED/ TORONTO, CANADA'/ EQUIPMENT PLATE: 'C.R.N.L./ EQUIPMENT NUMBER/ 44034'
- Missing
- From CA of 01/11/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- PAINTED SILVER WITH RED GLOSS PAINT ON SOME INTERIOR SECTIONS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Thompson, Harvie & Waring, Steven Ltd., Calandria model, circa 1960, Artifact no. 1998.0180, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0180.001/
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