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

Options

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

Answer

A

Explanation

Ordinary water can’t absorb fast moving neutrons, thus can’t stop the process of nuclear fission.