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  • Question
  • Which of the following is not used as a nuclear fuel cladding material?


  • Options
  • A. Zircalloy
  • B. Cadmium
  • C. Ceramics
  • D. Stainless steel

  • Correct Answer
  • Cadmium 


  • Nuclear Power Engineering problems


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    • 1. Radioactive decay is a __________ change.

    • Options
    • A. chemical
    • B. nuclear
    • C. physical
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. Specific gravity of uranium and plutonium is about

    • Options
    • A. 9
    • B. 13
    • C. 19
    • D. 27
    • Discuss
    • 3. The velocity of thermal (slow) neutrons triggering nuclear fission reaction (having energy equal to 0.025 eV) is about __________ metres/second.

    • Options
    • A. 1100
    • B. 2200
    • C. 3300
    • D. 4400
    • Discuss
    • 4. 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
    • 5. Fuel for a nuclear reactor (thermal) is

    • Options
    • A. uranium
    • B. plutonium
    • C. radium
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which one is radioactive in nature?

    • Options
    • A. Helium
    • B. Deuterium
    • C. Heavy hydrogen
    • D. Tritium
    • Discuss
    • 7. Thorium metal

    • Options
    • A. resembles steel in appearance.
    • B. is less hard (in the range of silver).
    • C. is highly ductile.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which is a fertile nuclear fuel?

    • Options
    • A. U-233
    • B. U-235
    • C. Pu-239
    • D. Th-232
    • Discuss
    • 9. Percentage of U-238 in natural uranium is around

    • Options
    • A. 0.71
    • B. 99.29
    • C. 0.015
    • D. 29.71
    • Discuss
    • 10. Atoms with same number of neutrons, but different number of nucleons are called

    • Options
    • A. isotones
    • B. isobars
    • C. isotopes
    • D. isoters
    • Discuss


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