Best Available Technique (BAT) Assessment Applied to ACR-1000® Waste and Heavy Water Management Systems

Abstract

The ACR-1000® design is the next evolution of the proven CANDU® reactor design. One of the key objectives for this project was to systematically apply the As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) principle to the reactor design. The ACR design team selected the Best Available Technique (BAT) assessment for this purpose to document decisions made during the design of each ACR-1000 waste and heavy water management systems. This paper describes the steps in the BAT assessment that has been applied to the ACR-1000 design.