Nuclear Power Engineering
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) located at Trombay (near Bombay) has

All of these
A very large capacity (100 tons/yr) heavy water plant
A 420 MW nuclear power plant
Five operating research reactors (namely Apsara, Cirus Zerelina, Purnima and Dhurva)

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Nuclear Power Engineering
Nuclear fuel generally used in reactors is uranium oxide instead of uranium, because the former has higher

Melting point, hence can be subjected to higher temperature
Density ; hence core volume for a given power output would be smaller
All of these
Resistance to effects of irradiation

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Nuclear Power Engineering
The main purpose of control rod in a nuclear reactor is to control the

Conversion of fissile material into fertile material
Emission of hazardous radiation
Velocity of the secondary neutrons
Chain reaction and hence the power output by regulating the number of secondary neutrons causing fission

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