General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD AND SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length

130.0 cm

Width

102.0 cm

Height

104.0 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

AECL

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY THE 1960S TO 1980S.

Canada

A MODEL OF THE DOUGLAS POINT NUCLEAR REACTOR ON LAKE HURON IN ONTARIO. CONSTRUCTION OF THE REACTOR BEGAN IN 1960, IT GENERATED ITS FIRST ELECTRICITY IN 1967, & WAS RETIRED FROM SERVICE IN 1984. "POWER PROJECTS" (LATER AECL CANDU) WAS SET UP IN THE 1960S TO MARKET CANDU REACTORS. THE CANDU REACTOR, DEVELOPED IN CANADA, REPRESENTS THE BEST KNOWN CDN HIGH TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD COMPETE ON AN EQUAL OR BETTER LEVEL WITH ANY AVAILABLE IN THE WORLD.

Function

USED TO ILLUSTRATE THE OPERATION OF A CANDU NUCLEAR POWER STATION, SPECIFICALLY THE PROTOTYPE STATION AT DOUGLAS PONT ON LAKE HURON.

Technical

A MODEL OF THE FIRST MEDIUM SCALE CANDU REACTOR. THE CANDU REACTOR USES HEAVY WATER AS THE MODERATOR OF THE REACTIONS TAKING PLACE IN THE CALANDRIA. THIS MAKES IT SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT THAN OTHERS BUT ALSO INCREASES THE COST BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE OF THE WATER. CANDU REACTORS ARE CONSISTENTLY IN THE HIGHEST EFFICIENCY FACILITIES IN THE WORLD.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

SIGN AFFIXED TO SIDE OF BASE READS IN PART: 'ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA Ltd./ 600MW CANDU/ Nuclear Generating Station/ Fuel - Naturel Uranium Dioxide/ Moderator - Heavy water - D2O/ Coolant - Heavy water - D2O/ Reactor - Horizontal Pressure tube/ Designer - Atomic Energy of Canada Limited/ [LABELLED DIAGRAM OF REACTOR] [SOME FRENCH]'

Missing

SOME PARTS ARE BROKEN From CA of 01/11/2002 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - model is complete; base is missing components

Finish

BLACK BASE; MULTI-COLOURED MODEL

Decoration

N/A