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Natural-Uranium Heavy-Water Reactors

In the U.S. power reactors are fueled with enriched uranium and are cooled by ordinary water. The Canadian "Candu" system, working with unenriched uranium and heavy water, offers interesting alternatives

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 233 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “Natural-Uranium Heavy-Water Reactors” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 233 No. 4 (), p. 17
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1075-17