Heavy water reactor
Translation- Heavy water reactor
Heavy water reactors use
heavy water as aneutron moderator . Heavy water isdeuterium oxide , D2O. Neutrons in anuclear reactor that usesuranium must be slowed down so that they are more likely to split other atoms and get more neutrons released to split other atoms.Light water can be used, as in alight water reactor , but since it absorbs neutrons the uranium must be enriched for criticality to be possible. The most commonpressurised heavy water reactor is theCANDU reactor .Proponents of heavy water reactors suggest that because such reactors can be fueled with unenriched uranium there is less risk of
nuclear proliferation ; an ideal product to be marketed to nations that have no legitimate use for uranium enrichment facilities. While there is no need for fuel enrichment, heavy water reactors produce moreplutonium andtritium as a by-products of normal use, which both can be used in nuclear weaponry.India produced its plutonium forOperation Smiling Buddha , its first nuclear weapon test from plutonium extracted from aCIRUS reactor. Heavy water reactors require a set of safeguards to prevent their exploitation in such a fashion. Both plutonium and tritium are hazardous substances, albeit from totally orders.The reactors are used in
nuclear power plants to producenuclear power fromnuclear fuel .ee also
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NRX
*CIRUS
*MIT Nuclear Research Reactor
*CANDU
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