8 relations: Heavy water, Marviken, Södermanland, Neutron moderator, Nuclear reactor, Plutonium, Social democracy, Sweden, Swedish nuclear weapons program.
Heavy water
Heavy water (deuterium oxide) is a form of water that contains a larger than normal amount of the hydrogen isotope deuterium (or D, also known as heavy hydrogen), rather than the common hydrogen-1 isotope (or H, also called protium) that makes up most of the hydrogen in normal water.
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Marviken, Södermanland
Marviken is a lake of Södermanland, Sweden.
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Neutron moderator
In nuclear engineering, a neutron moderator is a medium that reduces the speed of fast neutrons, thereby turning them into thermal neutrons capable of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction involving uranium-235 or a similar fissile nuclide.
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Nuclear reactor
A nuclear reactor, formerly known as an atomic pile, is a device used to initiate and control a self-sustained nuclear chain reaction.
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Plutonium
Plutonium is a radioactive chemical element with symbol Pu and atomic number 94.
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Social democracy
Social democracy is a political, social and economic ideology that supports economic and social interventions to promote social justice within the framework of a liberal democratic polity and capitalist economy.
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Sweden
Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.
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Swedish nuclear weapons program
After World War II, Sweden considered building nuclear weapons to defend themselves against an offensive assault from the Soviet Union.
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