heavy-water reactor

British  

noun

1. a nuclear reactor that uses heavy water as moderator

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Example Sentences

Iran previously reconfigured its Arak heavy-water reactor so it couldn’t produce plutonium.

From Washington Times

The center’s heavy-water reactor has been operational since the 1960s, far longer than most reactors of the same era.

From Seattle Times

Iran was also required to redesign a heavy-water reactor being built, whose spent fuel would contain plutonium suitable for a bomb, and to allow international inspections.

From BBC

Iran was also required to redesign a heavy-water reactor being built, whose spent fuel would contain plutonium suitable for a bomb, and allow international inspections.

From BBC

Under the deal, which was brokered by President Obama with Russia, China, Britain, Germany and France, Iran agreed to dismantle its nuclear production infrastructure, mothball the centrifuges used to enrich uranium, disable its plutonium-producing heavy-water reactor and get rid of nearly its entire stockpile of enriched uranium.

From Los Angeles Times