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BORONChemical element used for shielding in nuclear reactors (5)
WATERRadiator containing volatile wavy substance used in nuclear reactors (5,5)
HEAVYRadiator containing volatile wavy substance used in nuclear reactors (5,5)
URANIUMMetallic element used for fuel in nuclear reactors
VIZORThis is for shielding face, that is for shielding head
VISORFor shielding the eyes, the management has a super one (5)
PILESNuclear reactors
THORIUMRadioactive element used in nuclear reactors - trio hum (anag) (7)
MAGNOXAlloy used in nuclear reactors
MODERATORSubstance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors (9)
ZIRCONIUMHard grey-white metal, Zr, used in nuclear reactors (9)
NEPTUNIUMRadioactive metallic element of the actinide series produced by neutron bombardment of uranium in nuclear reactors (9)
PLUTONIUMElement whose isotopes are used as fuel in certain types of nuclear reactors and as an ingredient in nuclear weapons. It was first detected in 1941 by American chemists Glenn T. Seaborg, Joseph W. Ken
PLUMBAGOLubricant in nuclear reactors
TRITIUMRadioactive isotope of hydrogen produced in nuclear reactors by neutron activation of lithium-6; from Greek, 'third' (7)
ERREDBeing held back by breeder reactors was wrong (5)
ACIDSReactors to litmus
CORRODESRod used in key parts of nuclear reactors becomes rusty (8)
GRAPHITEMaterial used in pencils, lubricants and cores of nuclear reactors (8)
YTTERBIUMMetallic element used for stability in atomic clocks (9)