NUCLEAR POWER ENGINEERING QUIZ

Which of the following factors is the most important in the site selection for a nuclear power plant?

Proximity to fuel source

Remotely located from residential areas

Absence of earthquake prone zone in nearby areas

Abundant availability of water

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Tarapur atomic power station

All of these

Is the first power reactor in India, which became critical in 1969

Has two boiling water reactors of American design

Has an installed capacity of 400 MW

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A pressurised water reactor (PWR) uses pressurised water as a

Moderator

Working fluid in power turbine

None of these

Coolant

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__________ nuclear reactor does not require a heat exchanger to supply steam to power turbine.

Boiling water

Molten sodium cooled

Pressurised water

Helium cooled

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The emission of an a-particle causes the resultant nucleus to have

More atomic weight and less atomic number

None of these

Less atomic weight and less atomic number

Less atomic weight and more atomic number

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MeV is the unit of

Energy

Potential difference

None of these

Radioactivity

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The number of neutrons accompanying the formation of 54Xe139 and 38Sr94 from the absorption of a slow neutron by 92U235 , followed by nuclear fission is

3

2

1

4

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β-rays emission in radioactive disintegration is always accompanied by the emission of

Neutrons

α-rays

γ-rays

None of these

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The 92U238 emits an a-particle. The product is

90U236

90U238

90U234

92U236

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Nucleus of 92U235 contains __________ protons.

92

235

325

143

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