Growth of CANDU
Canada:
-one plant in Quebec
-one plant in New Brunswick
Other countries:
-Argentina 1973
-South Korea 1976
-building three in South Korea for 1999
-building two in Romania

Quebec and New Brunswick are the only other provinces that use nuclear power. Each province has one CANDU reactor plant. Other countries in the world also use the CANDU, and more are being built. AECL sold one CANDU to Argentina in 1973 and one to South Korea in 1976. The Korea Electric Power Corporation is now installing three more CANDUs, which should be running by 1999. Two more CANDU reactors are also being installed in Romania. Next
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