Nuclear Energy Practice

the splitting of atomic nuclei

• nuclear energy

• nuclear fission

• nuclear fusion

• nuclear reactor

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site of the worst nuclear accident in the

United States

• Chernobyl

• Three Mile Island

• Fukushima

• Manhattan Project

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site of the worst nuclear accident in the

world

• Chernobyl

• Fukushima

• Three Mile Island

• Manhattan Project

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contained in the nuclei of atoms

• nuclear energy

• nuclear fusion

• nuclear fission

• nuclear reactor

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the combining of atomic nuclei

• nuclear energy

• nuclear fusion

• nuclear fission

• nuclear reactor

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Storage sites for nuclear wastes

• should be located only in areas that are extremely geologically stable.

• will always leak lethal amounts of radioactivity.

• can only be located only in mountain ranges.

• should be able to undergo the process of transmutation.

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What is the main reason why fewer nuclear power plants are being built today compared to 40 years ago?

• Nuclear fusion power plants are being built instead.

• Supplies of Uranium 235 are exhausted.

• Nuclear power plants have become too expensive to generate electricity at a reasonable cost

• Federal laws were passed prohibiting the development of new nuclear power plants.

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This nuclear accident occurred due the events of an earthquake followed by a tsunami striking the nuclear reactor on March 11, 2011. The cooling systems of this reactor were crippled causeing a meltdown.

• Chernobyl

• Fukushima

• Three Mile Island

• Manhattan Project

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Where does about 20% of the electricity in the United States comes from?

• Nonrenewable Energy

• Oil

• Renewable Energy

• Nuclear Power

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What was the original use of nuclear energy?

• Nuclear energy was originally used to make weapons for war

• Nuclear energy was originally planned to replace coal

• Nuclear energy was originally used to provide heat for a community

• Nuclear energy was originally used for electricity