Nuclear Power Engineering Questions

• A radioactive substance does not emit
• Heavy water plant is not located at
• Fast breeder test reactor at Kalpakkam is designed for using
• Nuclear power generation capacity in India is
• Unit of radioactivity is
• Number of secondary neutron emitted on fission of an atom of U-235 by slow neutron bombardment is
• Biological shield is provided in a nuclear power reactor to protect the __________ from radiation damage.
• One 'amu' is equivalent to
• Nucleus of 92U235 contains __________ protons.
• In β-decay of radioactive material, the ratio of neutron to proton
• A fast breeder reactor
• The specific heats of three gaseous coolants namely H2, He and CO2 in the increasing order are
• Nuclear reactors are provided with shield to guard against the emission of mainly __________ rays.
• Percentage of the heavy water in ordi water is around
• Plutonium
• Both tritium and deuterium have the same number of
• In a homogeneous nuclear reactor, the __________ are mixed together.
• The half life period of a radioactive element depends upon the
• The mass number of an element is equal to the number of __________ in the nucleus.
• The radioisotope used to study the thyroid gland is