Nuclear Power Engineering Questions

• The size of an atom is of the order of one
• Water is a better coolant than a gas (like CO2, He, N2 etc.), because it
• Energy produced in the nuclear fission is of the order of __________ MeV.
• Net efficiency of ordinary light water cooled nuclear reactor is about __________ percent.
• Liquid metal (e.g, . molten sodium) is preferred as a coolant in case of a/an __________ reactor.
• Out of the following places, heavy water plant is not located at
• Coolant used in a boiling water reactor is
• The sum of masses of two nuclei produced in nuclear fission compared to the mass of original nucleus is
• Uranium is recovered from its ore (pitchblende) by
• Pressure in a Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) is used for
• Nuclear fuel usually used in a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) is
• __________ gas is normally not used as a coolant in a nuclear reactor, because of its high neutron capture cross-section.
• Nuclear power plant is not located at
• Which of the following is not a good moderating material?
• Radioactivity of an isotope is expressed in
• Biological shield is provided in a nuclear power reactor to protect the __________ from radiation damage.
• Which is not a fissile nuclear material?
• Which of the following is a fuel for a fusion reactor (thermonuclear reactor)?
• Pick out the wrong statement.
• The molecular weight of heavy water is