POWER PLANT ENGINEERING QUIZ

Higher cost of nuclear fuel

Lower temperature and pressure conditions

High heat rejection in condenser

High initial cost

Position in periodic table

Atomic number

Chemical properties

Mass number

To use liquid sodium metal as coolant

To prevent the water coolant from boiling in the core

To use intermediate coolant

For boiling pi water in the core

Extracts heat from nuclear reaction

Reduce the temperature

Slow down the speed of fast moving neutrons

Control the reaction

Thick galvanized sheets

Graphite or cadmium

Lead and tin

Lead or concrete

99.282% U₂₃₈, 0.712% U₂₃₅, 0.006% U₂₃₄

99.282% U₂₃₅, 0.712% U₂₃₄, 0.006% U₂₃₈

99.282% U₂₃₅, 0.712% U₂₃₈, 0.06%' U₂₃₄

99.282% U₂₃₄, 0.712% U₂₃₈, 0.006% U₂₃₅

Heavy water, CO2

Graphite, air

Lead, H2

Graphite, CO2

10 MeV

168 MeV

199 MeV

5 MeV

1 neutron

3 neutrons

1, 2 neutrons

2 neutrons

Electrons

None of these

Neutron and gamma rays

α, β and γ rays