The Nuclear Reaction nuclear reactor cutaway diagrams companion

1. Candu 3, Canada
Designed at cost of $75 million (Canadian) but never built.

2. Creys-Malville Super Phenix, France
Attacked and damaged with rockets by an ‘eco-terrorist’ group while under construction in 1982, the Super Phenix was the last fast breeder reactor in Europe. In the 11 years it was open, the reactor spent just 53 months operating normally. The rest were spent on maintenance and political wrangling. In the winter of 1990 a heavy snowfall caused structural damage to the plant. The reactor was closed in 1996 after costing nine billion Euros.

3. Douglas Point BWR/6, US
Never built.

4. Fulton, US
Never built.

5. Grand Gulf, US
Two reactors were planned but only one was built, opening in 1982 but not reaching full operating capacity until 1985. The second reactor was cancelled due to the massive construction costs and its concrete containment building still stands on the site. The completed reactor is the subject of the paper ‘Excess infant mortality after nuclear plant startup in rural Mississippi’.

6. Guangdong Nuclear Power Plant, China
Opened in 1993 and 1994, the two reactors at China’s Daya Bay produced 37.7 tonnes of nuclear waste in 2008 alone.

7. Oskarshamn, Sweden
The 1 and 2 reactors at Oskarshamn are of an indentical design to the one that came dangerously close to a meltdown at Sweden’s Forsmark reactor in 2006.

8. Snupps: Standardized Nuclear Unit Power Plant System, US
Designed for four US utility companies but built by only two (at Callaway and Wolf Creek), the Snupps design was also the basis for Sizewell B, the last reactor to be built in the UK. The nine offshore wind farms currently being proposed for the UK have a combined electricity output of 21 Snupps.