Thorium & Small Modular Reactors

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12th Grade
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Daniel Bixler
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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
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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
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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
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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
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.
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NGSS.HS-PS1-8
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
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.
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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2
NGSS.HS-ESS3-4
NGSS.HS-ETS1-3
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
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.
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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3
NGSS.HS-PS3-4
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