On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Candu. Discover how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Using Candu
- In the example corpus, candu often appears in combinations such as: the candu, in candu, candu design.
Context around Candu
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Candu
- In this selection, "candu" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, existing, enhanced, iii, design, system and reactors stand out and add context to how "candu" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a no candu situation and a working candu 3 has. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "candu" sits close to words such as abdulrazaq, adan and adolphus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with candu
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
CANDU instead uses pressure tubes. (5 words)
A working CANDU-3 has never been built. (8 words)
However, no CANDU 9 reactors have been built. (8 words)
Many of the operational design changes were also applied to the existing CANDU 6 to produce the Enhanced CANDU 6. Also known as CANDU 6e or EC 6, this was an evolutionary upgrade of the CANDU 6 design with a gross output of 740 MWe per unit. (47 words)
Although much attention has been focussed on the problems with the Darlington plant, every CANDU design in Ontario went over budget by at least 25%, and average over 150% higher than estimated. (32 words)
For instance, the heavy water used in CANDU reactors is 99.75% enriched by hydrogen atom-fraction—meaning that 99.75% of the hydrogen atoms are of the heavy type. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Many of the operational design changes were also applied to the existing CANDU 6 to produce the Enhanced CANDU 6. Also known as CANDU 6e or EC 6, this was an evolutionary upgrade of the CANDU 6 design with a gross output of 740 MWe per unit.
ACR-1000 is the next-generation (officially, "Generation III+") CANDU technology which makes some significant modifications to the existing CANDU design.
Only India operates a CANDU system that is not based on the CANDU 6 design.
This chart shows recent production troubles at Point Lepreau compared to other Canadian-based CANDU reactors and American PWR (pressurized water) and BWR (boiling water) reactors.
A working CANDU-3 has never been built.
Hey, it's better than ending up in a no-candu situation.
Although much attention has been focussed on the problems with the Darlington plant, every CANDU design in Ontario went over budget by at least 25%, and average over 150% higher than estimated.
A series of improvements to the basic Pickering design led to the CANDU 6 design, which first went into operation in the early 1980s.
As is the case with earlier CANDU designs, the ACR-1000 also offers online refuelling.
Based on Ontario's record, the economic performance of the CANDU system is quite poor.
Canada uses heavy water as a neutron moderator for the operation of the CANDU reactor design.
CANDU designs have a positive void coefficient as well as a small power coefficient, normally considered bad in reactor design.
CANDU instead uses pressure tubes.
Energy seeAlso The CANDU Bruce Nuclear Generating Station on Lake Huron is the largest nuclear power plant in the world.
For instance, the heavy water used in CANDU reactors is 99.75% enriched by hydrogen atom-fraction—meaning that 99.75% of the hydrogen atoms are of the heavy type.
Future sales CANDU Energy is continuing marketing efforts in China.
Generally nuclear plant construction and operations are ≈65% of overall lifetime cost; for CANDU costs are dominated by construction even more.
However, in CANDU most of the moderator is at lower temperatures than in other designs, reducing the spread of speeds and the overall speed of the moderator particles.
However, no CANDU 9 reactors have been built.
However, unlike CANDU they are very unstable and large, making containment buildings for them expensive.
Common combinations with candu
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the candu 12×
- in candu 6×
- candu design 5×
- candu reactors 4×
- candu designs 4×
- candu reactor 4×
- existing candu 2×
- candu or 2×
- candu system 2×
- for candu 2×