NUCLEAR POWER ENGINEERING QUIZ

None of these

Temperature

Amount of element present

Pressure

Boiling water

Fast breeder

Pressurised water

Gas cooled

Isobars

Isotopes

Isomers

Isotones

Accelerating the neutrons

Rapid heat transfer from the core

Breeding neutrons

Accelerating the reaction rate in the core

Acts both as an efficient coolant as well as a moderator

Is less prone to radiation damage

All of these

Can be heated to a higher temperature without pressurizing

Same substance (e.g. heavy water) is used as moderator & coolant

Fissile atoms are evenly distributed throughout the mass of nuclear reactor

The fuel and the moderator is mixed to form a homogeneous material

All of these

12

3

1

0.1

Requires less fuel to run at the same power level

Uses faster neutrons for fission

Gives higher power density

Uses slower neutrons for fission

Baroda

Talcher

Ramagundam

Tuticorin

Uranium⁻²35

Plutonium⁻²39

Thorium⁻²32

Uranium⁻²33