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  • Question
  • U-235 content in enriched uranium, that is normally used in power reactors (e.g., at Tarapur atomic power plant), is about __________ percent.


  • Options
  • A. 85
  • B. 50
  • C. 3
  • D. 97

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  • Nuclear Power Engineering problems


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    • 1. Pick out the wrong statement.

    • Options
    • A. Atoms with same number of nucleons but different number of protons are called isobars.
    • B. Atoms with same number of protons but different number of nucleons are called isoters.
    • C. Out of ?, ?, and ?-rays, the one having maximum penetration power are ?-rays.
    • D. The product formed by emission of ?-particle has mass number less by 4 units than the parent nuclide.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Extraction of uranium from its ore is done using __________ methods.

    • Options
    • A. electrometallurgical
    • B. pyrometallurgical
    • C. chemical
    • D. physical beneficiation
    • Discuss
    • 3. Molten sodium is used as a coolant in a fast breeder reactor, because of its

    • Options
    • A. excellent moderating properties.
    • B. neutron breeding capability.
    • C. faster heat removal capability from the core.
    • D. capability to increase the reaction rate in the core.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Commercial power generation from fusion reactor is not yet possible, because

    • Options
    • A. it is difficult to control nuclear fusion reaction.
    • B. the fuel required (i.e., deuterium & tritium) is scarce.
    • C. it is difficult to initiate fusion reaction.
    • D. quantity of fuel required for initiating fusion reaction is prohibitively high.
    • Discuss
    • 5. The number of neutrons in the nucleus of Uranium-233 (92U233) is

    • Options
    • A. 141
    • B. 92
    • C. 233
    • D. 325
    • Discuss
    • 6. Coolant present in the primary circuit of a pressurised water reactor is high pressure

    • Options
    • A. sub cooled water
    • B. saturated water
    • C. superheated steam
    • D. saturated steam
    • Discuss
    • 7. Nuclear power reactor located at Tarapur is of __________ type.

    • Options
    • A. fast breeder
    • B. pressurised water
    • C. boiling water
    • D. gas cooled
    • Discuss
    • 8. In the nuclear reaction, 93N23994Pu239 +?; the missing particle is a/an

    • Options
    • A. electron
    • B. proton
    • C. neutron
    • D. position
    • Discuss
    • 9. Percentage of natural uranium present in uranium ore found in Jadugoda (Jharkhand) is

    • Options
    • A. 0.1
    • B. 1
    • C. 3
    • D. 12
    • Discuss
    • 10. Main source of __________ is monazite sand.

    • Options
    • A. uranium
    • B. polonium
    • C. hafnium
    • D. thorium
    • Discuss


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