Nuclear Power Engineering Questions

• Pressure of CO2 gas (which is a coolant) in the Calder-Hall nuclear reactor is __________ kgf/cm2 .
• The half life period of a radiactive element is 100 days. After 400 days, one gm of the element will be reduced to __________ gm.
• Fast breeder reactors are most usable in India, because of our largest __________ deposits.
• Heavy water used in the nuclear reactors to slow down the speed of neutrons is
• The first underground nuclear test was conducted by India at
• Which of the following nuclear materials is fissile?
• Pick out the wrong statement.
• Unit of radioactivity is
• Candu reactor is a __________ nuclcear reactor.
• The ratio of neutrons to protons of an element having a mass number and atomic number of 80 and 40 respectively is
• The disintegration rate of a radioactive element
• What is the average life of a radioactive atom having a 'half life period' of T?
• "Critical mass" is the minimum mass of nuclear fissile material required for the
• Heavy water is preferred over ordinary water as a coolant, because it.
• Neutrons have mass approximately equal to that of __________ atoms.
• The main ore of thorium is
• Function of control rod in a nuclear reactor is to control
• The number of neutrons in the nucleus of Uranium-233 (92U233) is
• Commercial power generation from fusion reactor is not yet possible, because
• Molten sodium is used as a coolant in a fast breeder reactor, because of its