General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

2

Total Parts

15

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD TABLE WITH METAL HARDWARE; SYNTHETIC TABLE TOP; SYNTHETIC MODEL COMPONENTS; PAPER LABEL; CARDBOARD HUMAN FIGURES

Dimensions

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

Length

124.0 cm

Width

95.0 cm

Height

137.5 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

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

LATE 1970S-EARLY 1980S TO 1998.

Canada

MODEL OF CANADIAN HEAVY WATER MANUFACTURING/EXTRACTION PLANT BUILT BY OR FOR AECL, PREVIOUSLY ATOMIC ENERGY PROJECT. HEAVY WATER PLANTS SUCH AS THIS WERE KEY TO SUCCESS OF CANDU REACTORS & LATER SNO (SUDBURY NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY) EXPERIMENTS, IN WHICH HEAVY WATER WAS USED. AECL'S CANDU REACTORS REQUIRED HEAVY WATER, WITH RESULT THAT CANADA BECAME SUPPLIER OF HEAVY WATER TO WORLD.

Function

USED AT ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA AS ENGINEERING MODEL TO CHECK ALL DRAWINGS PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION OF ACTUAL HEAVY WATER PLANT. LATER IT WAS USED AT UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES. HEAVY WATER OR DEUTERIUM OXIDE IS NATURAL FORM OF WATER USED TO LOWER ENERGY OF NEUTRONS IN NUCLEAR REACTORS.

Technical

AEP DESIGNED & BUILT FIRST NUCLEAR REACTORS OUTSIDE U.S. AT CHALK RIVER, ON, AFTER WWII, USING HEAVY WATER AS COOLANT & MODERATOR OF REACTION RATE. IN 1976 PLANNING STARTED FOR BRUCE B & D HEAVY WATER PLANTS AT BRUCE POWER DEVELOPMENT ON LAKE HURON AT TIVERTON, ONT. HEAVY WATER WAS PRODUCED AT PLANT B UNTIL 1998.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

TABLE HAS BLUE LABEL MARKED WITH TABLE NUMBER & YELLOW LABEL WITH LETTER, AS FOLLOWS "GS-3" & "A3"/ WHITE PAPER LABEL WITH BLACK PRINTED IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS ON NUMEROUS SMALL PARTS OF MODEL

Missing

TABLES GS-1, GS-6, GS-7 From CA of 09/19/2003 by Myles Bailey: Yes - According to the numbered tables, there are at least 3 missing; #1, #6 and #7. There is also a large section of piping missing from .7, table #10.

Finish

Table GS-3, A3: BLACK PAINTED TABLE; GREEN TABLE TOP; BLACK, GREY, ORANGE, GREEN, YELLOW & PEACH COLOURED MIDDLE COMPONENTS

Decoration

N/A