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heavy-water reactor

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noun

  1. a nuclear reactor that uses heavy water as moderator

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Iran also reconfigured a heavy-water reactor so it couldn’t produce plutonium and agreed to convert its Fordo enrichment site - dug deep into a mountainside - into a research center.

From Washington Times ● May 8, 2018

In return, Tehran limited its ability to enrich uranium, reconfigured a heavy-water reactor to block it from producing plutonium, reduced its uranium stockpile, and agreed to international inspections and monitoring.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2018

This has included shipping 25,000 pounds of enriched uranium to Russia, converting a heavy-water reactor to produce less plutonium, and taking off line thousands of centrifuge machines used to produce nuclear fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2016

Iran's deputy nuclear chief has meanwhile denied a report the Arak heavy-water reactor had been decommissioned, which would be a final step towards implementation of the nuclear deal.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2016

At home in Berkeley, he spent a weekend scouting locations for a heavy-water reactor, convinced that he was on the verge of securing the project as an adjunct to the Rad Lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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