chernobyl accident vs candu 3 reactor

[shanktank]

Hello,
Quick question i'm having a hard time finding much information, or at least information i'm absorbing. I'm just supposed to write a paragraph on:

Could the same accident at Chernobyl happen in a CANDU 3 reactor?

Anything to help get me started anyone?

[shanktank]

everyone stumped like me

[Andrew Mason]

Hello,
Quick question i'm having a hard time finding much information, or at least information i'm absorbing. I'm just supposed to write a paragraph on:

Could the same accident at Chernobyl happen in a CANDU 3 reactor?

Anything to help get me started anyone?
The Nuclear Engineering board might be a better place to find your answer.

You would have to compare the containment structures for both reactors. Since Chernobyl was being shut-down when it had a melt-down, you may want to compare the shut-down process for both reactors. Chernobyl was a "loss of coolant" melt-down you may wish to compare the methods of each for preventing loss of coolant.

AM

[Homer Simpson]

http://canteach.candu.org/library/19910101.pdf

read the above.