What is heavy water used as a moderator in nuclear reactions?
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Heavy water is used in certain types of nuclear reactors, where it acts as a neutron moderator to slow down neutrons so that they are more likely to react with the fissile uranium-235 than with uranium-238, which captures neutrons without fissioning.
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they reduce the speed of reaction by absorbing nutrons
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