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Enriched uranium is required as a fuel in a nuclear reactor if light water is used as moderator and coolant because light water has

Enriched uranium is a type of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 (written 235U) has been artificially increased through the process of isotope separation.

Light water reactors use water as both and a coolant method and a neutron moderator that reduces the speed of fast-moving neutrons.

Enriched uranium is required as a fuel in a nuclear reactor if light water is used as moderator and coolant because light water has low moderating efficiency.

The moderating efficiency is nearly 80 times higher for heavy water than for light water.