Jed Rothwell wrote: > Terry Blanton wrote: > >>> Could this provide a possible explanation for why Iran may actually be >>> interested in a civilian nuclear power generation capability? >> >> A 50 MW heavy water reactor?? > > Ah. Is that what they want to build? Google describes it: > > "New satellite imagery obtained by ISIS from Space Imaging and > DigitalGlobe supports the Iranian statement and other statements of > unnamed sources that, "Iran has laid the foundations for the research > reactor at Arak," as reported by Reuters on March 3, 2005. . . . The > Europeans have offered to replace the heavy water reactor with a > light water research reactor that would be more proliferation resistant." > > I thought they wanted a conventional power reactor, which, as I said, > makes sense even though they have lots of natural gas. A 50 MW unit > has nothing to do with energy generation, as Terry points out. > > - Jed >
Well you have to begin somewhere. For example, Canada's first reactor for power production was the 20 MW Nuclear Power Demonstration (NPD) Reactor. It operated from 1962 to 1987. For more historical and technical details see: http://www.cns-snc.ca/history/npd/historical_backgrounder.html Harry
