NUCLEAR POWER ENGINEERING QUIZ

Which of the following is a fuel for a fusion reactor (thermonuclear reactor)?

Thorium

Heavy water

Deuterium and tritium

U-233

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Coolant used in a boiling water reactor is

Water

A mixture of water & steam

Steam

Hydrogen gas

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Isotopes of an element have different

Nuclear charge

Mass number

Chemical properties

Electronic configuration

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Thorium metal

Resembles steel in appearance

Is less hard (in the range of silver)

All of these

Is highly ductile

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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

1/4

1/16

1/8

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75% of a radioactive element decays in 6 hours. Its half life period is __________ hours.

43836

4

43894

3

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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

Fuel cost per unit power generated is less

None of these

Thermal efficiency of the former is higher

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Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) located at Trombay (near Bombay) has

A very large capacity (100 tons/yr) heavy water plant

A 420 MW nuclear power plant

All of these

Five operating research reactors (namely Apsara, Cirus Zerelina, Purnima and Dhurva)

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Percentage of natural uranium present in uranium ore found in Jadugoda (Jharkhand) is

12

1

0.1

3

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

More atomic weight and less atomic number

Less atomic weight and more atomic number

None of these

Less atomic weight and less atomic number

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