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NUCLEAR POWER

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