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  • Question
  • Tarapur atomic power station


  • Options
  • A. has two boiling water reactors of American design.
  • B. has an installed capacity of 400 MW.
  • C. is the first power reactor in India, which became critical in 1969.
  • D. all (a), (b) and (c).

  • Correct Answer
  • all (a), (b) and (c). 


  • Nuclear Power Engineering problems


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    • 1. The type of pump used for the recirculation of molten sodium coolant in liquid metal cooled reactor is a/an __________ pump.

    • Options
    • A. electromagnetic
    • B. reciprocating
    • C. centrifugal
    • D. volute
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which one is the radioactive isotope of hydrogen?

    • Options
    • A. Deuterium
    • B. Ortho-hydrogen
    • C. Tritium
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. The amount of a radioactive material (having a half life of 100 years) remaining after 400 years will be __________ of its original weight.

    • Options
    • A. 1/2
    • B. 1/4
    • C. 1/8
    • D. 1/16
    • Discuss
    • 4. Research reactors are normally meant for

    • Options
    • A. producing high neutron flux 1012-1013 neutrons/cm2, sec and studying the effect of neutron bombardment on dif ferent materials.
    • B. accelerating the neutrons.
    • C. power generation.
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following is not, a fertile material?

    • Options
    • A. Th-232
    • B. U-238
    • C. U-233
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Thoria is an expensive refractory material and is radioactive in nature. Thorium oxide is used in the manufacture of

    • Options
    • A. segar cones.
    • B. muffles for muffle furnaces.
    • C. insulating bricks.
    • D. crucibles used for melting of high purity metals.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Refractoriness of a typical silica brick corresponds to Segar cone number, '32', which is equivalent to a temperature of __________ °C.

    • Options
    • A. 1380
    • B. 1520
    • C. 1710
    • D. 1915
    • Discuss
    • 8. Chemically, mullite refractories is

    • Options
    • A. 3Al2O3.2SiO2
    • B. Al2O3
    • C. ZrSO4
    • D. ThO2
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which is the stable form of silica below 870°C?

    • Options
    • A. Tridymite
    • B. Cristobalite
    • C. Quartz
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. Firing of refractory brick is done to

    • Options
    • A. dehydrate the dried refractory.
    • B. develop stable mineral forms in them.
    • C. form ceramic bonds necessary for development of high crushing strength in the finished product.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss


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