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[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I know that other countries have created knock-off CANDU reactors, but I'm not sure how much different they are.

The initial cost of construction for CANDU reactors is higher because of the heavy water requirements as I understand, and that once built the substantially lower fueling costs do have an eventual ROI. Also, the ability to derive power from raw unrefined Uranium allows heavy water reactors to reuse spent fuel from light water reactors. I think this would alleviate some of the (overblown) nuclear waste problems.