An Early History of Heavy Water
History and Philosophy of Physics
2011-10-24 v2
Abstract
Since 1945 Canada has had a nuclear power industry based on reactor design which uses natural uranium and heavy water. The tortuous and improbable sequence of events which led to this situation is examined.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0206076,
title = {An Early History of Heavy Water},
author = {Chris Waltham},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0206076},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
28 pages, 10 figures