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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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