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Water is used in nuclear power plants to cool them and to be flashed to steam so that the energy generated can spin turbines to generate electricity. In light water moderated reactors, a very common type, water is also used as the neutron moderator, which means that it slows down the fast neutrons that are emitted from the fissioning of atoms of uranium so that they can participate in subsequent fission reactions with more atoms. This is a self modulating reaction, having a negative temperature coefficient, so the reactor's power level will dynamically track the load, with very little assistance from the operators.

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