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  • Question
  • In a pressurised water reactor (PWR), the


  • Options
  • A. fuel is natural uranium and heavy water acts both as moderator & coolant.
  • B. coolant water boils in the core of the reactor.
  • C. coolant water is pressurised to prevent bulk boiling of water in the core.
  • D. use of moderator is not required.

  • Correct Answer
  • coolant water is pressurised to prevent bulk boiling of water in the core. 


  • Nuclear Power Engineering problems


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    • 1. Which of the following isotopes is not present in natural uranium?

    • Options
    • A. U-238
    • B. U-234
    • C. U-235
    • D. U-232
    • Discuss
    • 2. Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) engaged in the mining & concentration of uranium ore is located at

    • Options
    • A. Alwaye (in Kerala)
    • B. Jadugoda (in Jharkhand)
    • C. Kalpakkam (in Tamilnadu)
    • D. Gopalpur coast (in Orissa)
    • Discuss
    • 3. In nuclear reactions, __________ number is conserved.

    • Options
    • A. mass
    • B. atomic
    • C. both (a) & (b)
    • D. neither (a) nor (b)
    • Discuss
    • 4. Cylinderical shell thickness of rotary drier is generally __________ mm.

    • Options
    • A. 2-3
    • B. 18-22
    • C. 6-8
    • D. 12-15
    • Discuss
    • 5. Tubes are fixed to the tube sheet (a thick circular metallic plate) by the method of tube rolling and brazing (non-removable) or ferrule connection (removable). Thickness of the tube, sheet is normally __________ the outside diameter of the tube but in no case it should be less than 22 mm (7/8").

    • Options
    • A. half
    • B. three fourth
    • C. equal to
    • D. 1.5 times
    • Discuss
    • 6. Heavy water plant is not located at

    • Options
    • A. Talcher
    • B. Tuticorin
    • C. Ramagundam
    • D. Kota
    • Discuss
    • 7. The phenomenon of radioactivity was discovered by

    • Options
    • A. Madam Curie
    • B. Bacquerrel
    • C. Roentgen
    • D. J.J. Thomson
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following accounts for the maximum energy release in the nuclear fission process?

    • Options
    • A. Kinetic energy of fission products
    • B. Radioactive decay of fission products
    • C. Instantaneous release of ?-rays
    • D. Kinetic energy of neutrons
    • Discuss
    • 9. Solar energy results from __________ reaction.

    • Options
    • A. fission
    • B. combustion
    • C. thermonuclear
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. Pick out the correct statement.

    • Options
    • A. Positron is the antiparticle of electron.
    • B. In ?-decay, the ratio of neutron to proton decreases.
    • C. Ionising power of ?-rays is higher than that of ?-rays.
    • D. Speed of ?-rays is more than that of ?-rays.
    • Discuss


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