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韩国将从加拿大购买两个核反应堆,使用来自美国反应堆已经用过的燃料。加拿大原子能公司已宣布了该项价值7.9亿美元的交易,向韩国电器动力公司出售两座反应堆。该韩国公司以前已买了两座加拿大反应堆,一座已在1983年建成,一座正在建造之中。这些加拿大反应堆与美国反应堆在设计上有着本质上的区别,加拿大反应堆使用天然铀矿作为燃料,其铀-235含量只有0.7％(只有铀-235能分裂而产生热能)。相反,美国反应堆则要用“增浓”过的铀矿作为燃料,其铀-235含量为2—3％。美国设计的反应堆所用过的铀燃料,其铀-235的含量仍大于天然铀矿。韩国还拥有6座由西屋电器公司制造的反应堆及几座类似的由法国原子能公司制造的反应堆。
South Korea will purchase two nuclear reactors from Canada, using fuel from US reactors. Canadian Atomic Energy Corporation has announced the value of the $ 790 million deal to sell two reactors to South Korea Electric Power Company. The South Korean company had previously purchased two Canadian reactors, one of which was built in 1983 and one is under construction. These Canadian reactors are essentially different in design from the U.S. reactors. Canadian reactors use natural uranium ore as fuel, and its uranium-235 content is only 0.7% (only uranium-235 can split and generate heat energy). On the contrary, U.S. reactors use “enriched” uranium ore as fuel, with a uranium-235 content of 2-3%. Uranium fuel used in U.S.-designed reactors still contains more uranium-235 than natural uranium. South Korea also owns six reactors manufactured by Westinghouse Electric and several similar reactors manufactured by the French Atomic Energy Corporation.