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R4 nuclear reactor

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R4 nuclear reactor was a nuclear reactor built at Marviken and the fourth nuclear reactor built in Sweden. [1]

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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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R4_nuclear_reactor

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