English-Danish translations for heavy water

• tungt vand
  De blev i forbindelse med et udslip af tungt vand udsat for radioaktiv stråling. They were exposed to radioactive radiation when heavy water escaped.
  En mindre skade i en atomreaktors køleanlæg kan aldrig anses for ubetydelig, eftersom det indeholder tungt vand med radioaktive isotoper. The smallest breakdown in the cooling system of a nuclear reactor can never be considered as insignificant, as it contains heavy water with radioactive isotopes.

Definition of heavy water

• Water containing deuterium instead of normal hydrogen ; used as a moderator in nuclear reactors

Related words

• semiheavy water
• super-heavy water
• heavy water reactor