Why is “heavy water” used in nuclear energy, are not potable to drink, even it’s just 1 molecule more than H2O?

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Why is “heavy water” used in nuclear energy, are not potable to drink, even it’s just 1 molecule more than H2O?

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Fun fact. High end wineries add tiny bit of heavy water to their wine so that wine authenticity can be verified via isotopic analysis.

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