CANDU
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The CANDU power reactor is a pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR), initially developed in the late 1950's in Canada. CANDU is an acronym for "CANada Deuterium Uranium".
This design is relatively safe from a nonproliferation standpoint, as it produces little plutonium, and that plutonium is rich in 240Pu, an isotope highly undesirable for bombs.