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What cuntry produces the most nuclear power?
Germany
USA
Russia
France
The combining of 2 small atoms to form a larger different atom is called...
Fission
Half Life
Combustion
Fusion
The process of separating U238 from U235 is called .......
moderation
Half life
Nuclear fission
Enrichment
The moderator in a USA nuclear power plant is.....
Spring water
Very pure water
Ocean Water
River Water
The US governmental agency that regulates & enforces standards for nuclear power is the....
Atomic engineer Corps
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
US department of energy
Unstable radioactive isotopes are called ....
Radioisotopes
Basic radiation
Fusion
atomic particles
The world's worst nuclear power plant disaster to date occurred at
Berlin, Germany
Three Mile Island, USA
Chernobyl, Ukraine
Bejing, China
The period of time when th emost construction of new nuclear power plants took place in the US was..
1990-19995
1945-1960
1960-1975
1950-1960
If you begin with 200g of radioactive isotope: after 3 half-lives passed, how many gms of the original isotope remain?
100g
50g
200g
25g
In 1987, US Congress selected this site for long term disposal of high level radioactive waste.
Portland, Maine
Miami, Florida
Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The splitting of a large atom of one element into smaller atoms of different elements is called
Breeder slaws
Fusion
Fission
Combusion
Control rods maintain the nuclear reaction by absorbing....
Uranium
Heat
Energy
Neutrons
The hazards of radioactive wastes are...
They do not dissolve well in the ground
Give off strong radio signals
nonhazardous
Give off radiation that damage cells and lead to mutations
The nuclear reactors used in nuclear power plants do not have the potential to....
Overheat & melt
Increase cancer rates
Cause explosions
explode like atomic bombs
In the symbol U235 the number 235 means.........
number of electrons
Atomic mass
Number of neutrons
number of protons
Which of the following materials is used to make nuclear weapons & usually produced at the power plant?
Uranium238
all the above
Plutonium
Uranium235
