Ordinary water is not used as a moderator in nuclear reactors because

  • A
    It cannot slow down fast moving neutrons
  • B
    It cannot remove the heat from the reactor core
  • C
    It absorbs the fast moving neutrons
  • D
    Of its corrosive action on the metallic parts of the nuclear reactor

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