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Question
Pick out the wrong statement.
Options
A. The disintegration rate of a radioactive substance can not be increased by heating it.
B. Electrons have negligible mass and unit negative change.
C. Deuterium atom has one proton and two neutrons in its nucleus.
D. Cadmium is capable of absorbing neutrons.
Correct Answer
Deuterium atom has one proton and two neutrons in its nucleus.
Nuclear Power Engineering problems
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1. Which of the following is a fuel for a fusion reactor (thermonuclear reactor)?
Options
A. Deuterium and tritium
B. U-233
C. Thorium
D. Heavy water
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Correct Answer: Deuterium and tritium
2. Which is not a fissile nuclear material?
Options
A. U-233
B. U-235
C. U-238
D. Pu-239
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Correct Answer: U-238
3. Biological shield is provided in a nuclear power reactor to protect the __________ from radiation damage.
Options
A. fuel elements
B. operating personnels
C. walls of the reactor
D. none of these
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Correct Answer: operating personnels
4. Radioactivity of an isotope is expressed in
Options
A. barn
B. MeV
C. Curie
D. Ergs
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Correct Answer: Curie
5. Which of the following is not a good moderating material?
Options
A. Concrete
B. Boron
C. 18/8 stainless steel
D. All (a), (b) and (c)
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Correct Answer: All (a), (b) and (c)
6. The molecular weight of heavy water is
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A. 10
B. 18
C. 20
D. 36
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Correct Answer: 20
7. The emission of an a-particle causes the resultant nucleus to have
Options
A. more atomic weight and less atomic number.
B. less atomic weight and less atomic number.
C. less atomic weight and more atomic number.
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: more atomic weight and less atomic number.
8. An ideal coolant for a nuclear reactor should
Options
A. be a good absorber of neutrons.
B. be capable of attaining high temperature, only when it is pressurised.
C. have high density, but low heat transfer co-efficient.
D. be free from radiation damage and non-corrosive.
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Correct Answer: be free from radiation damage and non-corrosive.
9. Isotopes of an element have the same
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A. number of neutrons
B. mass number
C. electronic configuration
D. atomic weight
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Correct Answer: electronic configuration
10. A heterogeneous reactor is the one, in which the moderator and the
Options
A. coolant are different materials.
B. coolant are present in different phases (e.g., heavy water and graphite).
C. fuel are present in different phases (e.g. uranium and heavy water).
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: fuel are present in different phases (e.g. uranium and heavy water).
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