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Carbon moderator used in some reactors.

Nuclear graphite is a high-purity carbon used as a moderator and structural material in some reactor types.

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Gas-cooled Reactor (GCR) and Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR)

Gas cooled reactors (GCR), used in Japan and the UK, use graphite as a moderator and pressurized CO2 as a coolant. It is a double-circuit power plant.

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Moderator

Material that slows neutrons.