An Early History of Heavy Water
Abstract
Since 1945 Canada has had a nuclear power industry based on reactor design which uses natural uranium and heavy water. The tortuous and improbable sequence of events which led to this situation is examined.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- June 2002
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.physics/0206076
- arXiv:
- arXiv:physics/0206076
- Bibcode:
- 2002physics...6076W
- Keywords:
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- Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics
- E-Print:
- 28 pages, 10 figures