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Q. In a nuclear reactor, the fast moving neutrons are slowed down by passing them through:

JIPMERJIPMER 1995

Solution:

As heavy water is rich in protons. When fast moving neutrons have head-on collision with the protons of heavy water, they lose their energy and get slow down.