NUCLEAR POWER ENGINEERING QUIZ

Which of the following is artificially produced as it does not occur in nature?

Plutonium⁻²39

Uranium⁻²33

Uranium⁻²35

Both B and C

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Neutrons have mass approximately equal to that of __________ atoms.

Hydrogen

Helium

Deuterium

None of these

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Coolant present in the primary circuit of a pressurised water reactor is high pressure

Superheated steam

Saturated steam

Saturated water

Sub cooled water

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Which of the following is present in Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) complex, Trombay (Bombay)?

Heavy water plant

Power reactor

Research reactor

Fast breeder reactor

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Nuclear power plant is not located at

Kalpakkam (Tamilnadu

Rawatbhata (Rajasthan)

Kaiga (Karnataka)

Talcher (Orissa)

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Pressure in a Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) is used for

Pressurising the water in the primary coolant circuit

None of these

Superheating the steam

Maintaining constant pressure in the primary cooling circuit under varying loads

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The critical mass of a fissionable material can be reduced by

Surrounding it by neutron reflecting material

Surrounding it by neutron absorbing material

Heating it

Cooling it

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Which of the following may not need a control rod?

Liquid metal cooled reactor

Fast breeder reactor

None of these

Candu reactor

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Fast breeder reactors do not

Use molten sodium as coolant

Use Th-232 as fissile fuel

Use fast neutrons for fission

Convert fertile material to fissile material

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Fast breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) is located at

Kalpakkam (near Madras)

Tarapur (in Maharashtra)

BARC (Trombay)

Kota (in Rajasthan)

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