On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 7:55 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:

 > Reactors are either water cooled or air cooled.  Graphite is used as a
> moderator to slow the neutrons and increase fission
>

I know that.

 > not as a coolant.


Slowing the neutrons is also called cooling them.


>   > Heavy water is used as a combined coolant and moderator in some
> reactors.
>

And so is Helium and liquid sodium.

  John K Clark

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