Thorium & Small Modular Reactors

Thorium & Small Modular Reactors

12th Grade

16 Qs

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Thorium & Small Modular Reactors

Thorium & Small Modular Reactors

Assessment

Quiz

Science

12th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-ETS1-3, HS-ESS3-2, HS-PS1-8

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Daniel Bixler

Used 7+ times

FREE Resource

16 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of nuclear power plants can use thorium as fuel?

Pressurized water reactors (PWRs)

Boiling water reactors (BWRs)

Molten Salt reactors (MSRs)

Gas-cooled reactors (GCRs)

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is one potential advantage of thorium-based nuclear power plants?

Less nuclear waste production and less prone to nuclear weapons proliferation

Safer for the environment

More efficient use of resources

Higher energy output

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can thorium potentially solve the issue of nuclear waste?

By being used as a fuel in nuclear reactors

By being released into the atmosphere

By being disposed of in the ocean

By being stored in underground repositories

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main challenge in implementing thorium-based nuclear power plants?

Lack of funding

Technology not yet fully developed

Environmental concerns

Difficulty in obtaining thorium

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Which is an advantage of thorium nuclear fission over uranium nuclear fission?

Can make nuclear bombs from it.

Emits no air pollution.

Emits no greenhouse gases.

Leaves less radioactive wastes.

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Which is an advantage of thorium nuclear fission over uranium nuclear fission?

Has a freeze plug safety shut-off.

Emits no air pollution.

Emits no greenhouse gases.

Is useful for making nuclear bombs.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

If an accelerator-driven thorium nuclear fission reactor loses electricity for its thermostat and controls, ____. Choose all correct answers.

it melts out of control and then explodes, leaking out radioactive poisons.

its required neutron beam turns off, which shuts off the reactor.

a cooling fan turns off, so the liquid fluoride thorium salt melts and drains out, which stops the reactor.

it splits its cooling water into hydrogen and oxygen, which explode, causing a leak of dangerous radioactive poisons.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

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