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  • Question
  • If 4 gm of a radioisotope has a half life period of 10 days, the half life of 2 gm of the same istotope will be __________ days.


  • Options
  • A. 5
  • B. 10
  • C. 20
  • D. 30

  • Correct Answer
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  • Nuclear Power Engineering problems


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    • 1. The most commonly used nuclear fuel in boiling water reactor is

    • Options
    • A. enriched uranium
    • B. natural uranium
    • C. plutonium
    • D. monazite sand
    • Discuss
    • 2. Graphite is used in nuclear reactor as

    • Options
    • A. insulation lining of the reactor.
    • B. fuel.
    • C. lubricant.
    • D. retarder of neutron velocity.
    • Discuss
    • 3. How many atoms are present in one gm-atom of an element?

    • Options
    • A. 2 x 1023
    • B. 6 x 1023
    • C. 6 x 1032
    • D. 5 x 105
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which one is different for the neutral atoms of the isotopes of an element?

    • Options
    • A. Atomic weights
    • B. Atomic numbers
    • C. Number of protons
    • D. Number of electrons
    • Discuss
    • 5. Thorium can be converted into U-233 in a __________ reactor.

    • Options
    • A. liquid metal cooled
    • B. fast breeder
    • C. thermal
    • D. swimming pool
    • Discuss
    • 6. Thermal neutrons which are used to cause the fission of U-235 have energy __________ eV.

    • Options
    • A. < 0.025
    • B. > 1
    • C. 1-25
    • D. > 200.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Fast breeder nuclear reactors using enriched uranium as fuel may contain upto a maximum of __________ percent of U-235 (i.e. fissile material).

    • Options
    • A. 15
    • B. 45
    • C. 65
    • D. 85
    • Discuss
    • 8. Uranium ore is currently mined & concentrated at

    • Options
    • A. Jadugoda
    • B. Ghatsila
    • C. Khetri
    • D. Alwaye
    • Discuss
    • 9. Fuel for a nuclear reactor (thermal) is

    • Options
    • A. uranium
    • B. plutonium
    • C. radium
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. Absorption/scattering cross-section of an element is expressed in "barn", which is equivalent to

    • Options
    • A. 10-24 cm2
    • B. 10-12 cm
    • C. 1 Angstrom
    • D. 10-24 cm
    • Discuss


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