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