Very well explained.

That guest was VERY interesting, please have him on more times. (Not just restricted to nuclear, but would be interesting to hear his points of view on - well - all his areas of expertise really)

Renewables require 100% backup and if that backup is nuclear, what's the point of the renewables in the first place?

Is there inside color camera

As a Nuclear Professional, I truly appreciate your work. Please keep attempting to educate the public on the benefits and risks of today's Nuclear Energy Technology. Proud of our crown corporation, OPG, for building America's first grid scale SMR.

CANDU save us from ourselves.

Dr. Kiefer might be surprised how many people see his videos/podcast. I link to it frequently when arguing about nuclear online. Also, as a Decouple listener this was a great watch.

Right on...great conversation.

The safety record of nuclear power has been well established using solid scientific and epidemiological data . ‘Scientific American’ journal has had excellent articles proving that per petawatt hour , nuclear is about as safe as solar or wind on a case fatality rate and several orders of magnitude safer than coal . Graphite moderated nuclear reactors were banned in the west around 1958 , yet Chernobyl continued to operate until 1986 ,,, Atmospheric nuclear testing was banned in 1964 by President JFKennedy . Why is discussion of old nuclear history relevant in 2024 ? Look at the science of the 21st century.

Amazing guest. I follow this guy on LinkedIn

Brother how’s Master in health science in this university.??

Nothing beats the good old RBMK

RBMK had tubes too.

What is the reason for the CANDU to have so many independent pressure vessels OTHER than the ability to fuel them while the reactor is running? Isnt it cheaper to just have one common pressure vessel for all fuel assemblies?

my girlfriend is a intern at opg and got to sit through an orientation and to hold a fuel bundle, you led the orientation. shes laughing on facetime saying" OMG THATS THE GUY THAT LED IT" saying thats probably the same fuel bundle she held. lol. small world

Well, we should definitely know one of the least used Reactor Models, and that’s the RBMK Reactor, which is the same type of reactor that Infamously Exploded in Chernobyl.

A very interesting video - thanks. I studied the CANDU system when I was a student at Niagara College from 1967-1970. We toured Pickering GS under construction and AECL in Oakville. We were expecting to get job offers from Ontario Hydro ... but alas nothing happened. I can't remember the name of the instructor from Britain who taught those particular courses. I met him briefly a few years after graduation and he wasn't happy with the way things worked out. I believe they dropped the atomic energy flavor at the college in mid 1970s. Thanks for the memories.

The "Green Transition" doesn't even begin until nuclear is cheaper than both coal and natural gas. Low-pressure/high-temperature fission can/will get there, it's just a matter of time and regulators that value clean, safe, reliable, versatile, and affordable/cheap energy. None of the Western regulators value these things at this time. We will have to rely on developing countries that will be importing Western industry and don't want the negative side effects of burning coal.

So, in a loose sense, CANDU is what would have happened had RBMK not been so flawed....

Dude, you ruined what could have been a very interesting video. I am an engineer and I even found it very hard to watch and process information herein. Too much video of you talking. Any useful clips of diagrams, process only show on screen for 4 seconds and then back to your talking head. You do not show a diagram at first of a whole Candu reactor labelling the buildings, then you do not show where the calandria is in a reactor building. Nor do you piece meal show the building up of a calandria with the double fuel and coolant flow tubes. You do not explain that the large tank of contained water is only a moderator and not coolant. You do not explain the temperature or pressure in the primary loop. You do not satifactorily show the steam generators, secondary loop or turbines. No where is the condensors and lake water. You also go so fast. It just left me with a spinning head.

I really want to get more information on the Monark. I wonder what COG knows about it? Did they help design it?

How small can one make the reactor?

Thank you for this most interesting interview. It's good to hear the world is getting more of the awesomeness that is the CANDU reactor. Wish I could persuade my government to get at least five of them. All these years of safe, clean energy. What's not to like?

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At 02:18 i just stoped watching beacuse now i know how candu reactor works and i don't need you anymore

Are there any Sodium Cooler Fast Breeder Reactors or any Gas Cooled Reactors operating in the word?

oh no, it's one of those videos where all the pauzes have been cut out and the narrator says the same things over and over. I'm 3 minutes into the video and I have seen the same footage for at least 5 times. bye

Hi, I have a question, I would like to apply for a master degree in nuclear engineering in Ontario tech, do you know if is easy for an international student find a job in nuclear industry? Or do I need to get an extra certifications to be able to work in this industry

Windscale was the name of a small UK seaside town in Cumbria, later renamed as “Sellerfield” for “PR reasons” after a Oct 1957 reactor fire. US President was in UK at the time & due to visit Windscale. A fire happened in reactor & high levels radiation (cs137) was released, (official govt reports) but being naughty & corrupt like the UK Govt are, they didn’t inform US President & didn’t tell US President about the reactor fire & cancelled his official visit to Windscale. Of course US President later found out & to the detriment of UK scientists working with US scientists & further developing nuclear weapons, who now couldn’t work together, due to UK covering up the reactor fire & while US President was visiting UK. Original reactor design didn’t include filters to outside the reactor building, they were later added & due to the added costs, were refered to as “Cockcrofts folley”. Named as such as Cockcroft proposed concrete filters, which did come in rather handy a year after the reactor was built, when it caught fire in Oct 1957. Nuclear power can only be safe, when those working at the plant, 100% abide by safety protocols, refuse to cut corners, refuse to deny/cover up radiation leaks nor the extent of a radiation release. Nuclear power PR machine says that nuclear power is safe & of zero risk to the public, being the utmost importance to the companies who maintain these “contracts” to provide electricity. UK govt official reports state the Windscale reactor was built to produce weapons grade fuel & electricity production was merely a by product, in order to “sell” the idea to the public, Nuclear power is both cheap & safe. Beauforts Dyke trench in Irish Sea, is where Sellerfield NPP dumped their nuclear waste, & no official logs were kept of numbers of barrels dumped, or the contents of each barrel, nor exact locations in Irish Sea.

Very good, brief but sufficient to make the distinction between types.

What does utility mean? eg. working in utilities?

As an Australian, I very much hope Australia gets rid of their ban on nuclear power generation. It's ridiculous that a country can export so much Uranium, but only legally allow one research/medical isotope reactor...

If only Australia had followed through with its plan to build nuclear reactors for power generation... instead of stopping the whole thing everything after partially digging foundations on one reactor site.

Wow thanks for the video. Explains it so thorough and simple so anyone can understand

Very informative

if Oppenheimer is the father of the A bomb, this woman is the grandmother.......

where did you get the fuel bundle model?

#doubt

Great video Osama, posted on TFIN.

I think (hope?) that's the old-school model. Pressure water reactors are inherently very expensive and benefit greatly from economies of scale, hence the huge power plants that you described. However low-pressure/high-temperature reactors are inherently inexpensive and will cost less than both coal and natural gas plants. They also generate high-grade industrial heat whose demand is twice that of electricity alone. That changes the business model entirely. One of the first of these reactors is coming from Canada, Terrestrial Energy and their first customers will utilize the industrial heat first, and electricity second. This is our energy future.

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What is there's conference cancial of United nation in hosting country UAE

Energy efficiency airpoutation nitrous oxide including all risk reduction

General scientific universal solar missile energy power technology digital ecosystem research of general scientific reduction risk of nuclear weapons power fire

Another advantage of the Candu is that it can use a wide variety of fissile material.

THE USA DIDNT WANT THE HEAVY WATER REACTORS BECAUSE OF PROLIFERATION RISKS AS THESE REACTORS PRODUCE PLUTONIUM.

I LOVE IT!

Great video Osama. Will you make a video on what nuclear companies will hire interns? I am looking to enter the nuclear industry, but I am having an issue finding which companies hire interns as some do not have positions on their website.

Which nuclear plant you are working?

❤ nice video i ever saw for nuclear reactor . I am from india our Bwr and Pwr russian reactor performance is awesome 👌.