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Gadolinium(III) nitrate
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<h2 id="use">Use</h2> <p>Gadolinium nitrate was used at the <a href="/facts/Savannah_River_Site/ynBJ71Ew">Savannah River Site</a> heavy water nuclear reactors and had to be separated from the heavy water for storage or reuse.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> The Canadian <a href="/facts/CANDU_reactor/fAKl2X0L">CANDU reactor</a>, a pressurized heavy water reactor, also uses gadolinium nitrate as a water-soluble neutron poison in <a href="/facts/Heavy_water/3dbSrTw5">heavy water</a>. </p><p>Gadolinium nitrate is also used as a raw material in the production of other gadolinium compounds, for production of specialty glasses and ceramics and as a <a href="/facts/Phosphor/vTLjrGDE">phosphor</a>. </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>DOE Fundamentals Handbook: Nuclear Physics and Reactor Theory (PDF). U.S. Department of Energy. January 1993. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2007-09-26. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080423194722/http://www.hss.energy.gov/NuclearSafety/techstds/standard/hdbk1019/h1019v2.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080423194722/http://www.hss.energy.gov/NuclearSafety/techstds/standard/hdbk1019/h1019v2.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>E. Wilde; C. Berry. "Novel Method for Removing Gadolinium from Used Heavy Water Reactor Moderator". <a href="http://sti.srs.gov/fulltext/ms2002146/ms2002146.html" target="_blank">http://sti.srs.gov/fulltext/ms2002146/ms2002146.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>E.W. Wilde; M.B. Goli; C.J. Berry; J.W. Santo Domingo; H.L. Martin. "Novel Method for Removing Gadolinium from Used Heavy Water Reactor Moderator" (PDF). <a href="http://sti.srs.gov/fulltext/tr9900096/tr9900096.pdf" target="_blank">http://sti.srs.gov/fulltext/tr9900096/tr9900096.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>