NUCLEAR POWER ENGINEERING QUIZ

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

90U238

90U236

90U234

92U236

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Spent fuel from the nuclear thermal reactor contains

Plutonium

Fission products

Unused fuel

All of these

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

Chain reaction and hence the power output by regulating the number of secondary neutrons causing fission

Emission of hazardous radiation

Conversion of fissile material into fertile material

Velocity of the secondary neutrons

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First experimental observation of nuclear fission was done by

Rutherford

Fermi

Plane

Hahn and Strassman

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The electric power generation cost in nuclear power plant is less than that in a coal based thermal power plant, mainly because the

Maintenance cost of the former is less

Thermal efficiency of the former is higher

Fuel cost per unit power generated is less

None of these

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Which of the following is the best nuclear fuel?

Np- 239

U-234

Th-236

Pu-239

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When the difference between mass number and atomic number of atoms of two or more elements are same, the atoms are termed as

Isotopes

Isotones

Isomers

Isobars

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Out of the followingplaces, a nuclear power plant is not located at

Kalpakkam (Tamilnad

Kaiga (Karnataka)

Rawatbhata (Rajsthan

Talcher (Orissa)

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The amount of a radioactive material (having a half life of 100 years) remaining after 400 years will be __________ of its original weight.

1/2

1/8

1/16

1/4

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Nuclear fuel usually used in a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) is

Enriched uranium

Plutonium

Natural uranium

Thorium

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