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by MikeDelta 1078 days ago
Water and ice versions exist, IceCube consists of detectors dug into ice and Super Kamiokande (example) is a big container of ultrapure water (not heavy). Hyper Kamiokande will be even bigger.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IceCube_Neutrino_Observatory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-Kamiokande https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-Kamiokande

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Most neutrino experiments don't/didn't use heavy water, but the SNO experiment did.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudbury_Neutrino_Observatory