A thermal-neutron reactor is a type of nuclear reactor that uses thermal neutrons to sustain a nuclear fission chain reaction. In these reactors, the neutrons produced from fission reactions are slowed down (or "thermalized") to energies that are comparable to the energies of the nuclei of the fuel atoms. This process typically involves a moderator material, which is used to reduce the kinetic energy of the fast neutrons produced in the fission process.
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