Nuclear Power

Nuclear Power's source comes from _________________ .

• Uranium or Plutonium

• Coal

• Natural Gas

• Oil and/or Coal

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What do  control rods do in a nuclear reactor?

• Regulate the rate of reaction  by absorbing and slowing neutrons

• Produce electricity

• Produce neutrons to increase the rate of reaction

• Reduce heat produced by the uranium rods

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One benefit of nuclear fission reactions is

• nuclear reactor meltdowns

• storage of waste materials

• biological exposure

• production of energy

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Control rods in nuclear reactors are commonly made of boron and cadmium because these two elements have the ability to

• absorb neutrons

• emit neutrons

• decrease the speed of neutrons

• increase the speed of neutrons

the atom bomb has this type of ENERGY

• Elastic

• Mechanical

• Nuclear

• Electromagnetic

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The operation of a commercial nuclear reactor requires an isotope that will undergo

• fission and a controlled chain reaction

• fission and an uncontrolled chain reaction

• fusion and a controlled chain reaction

• fusion and an uncontrolled chain reaction

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What product does a nuclear power plant produce for its customers?

• electricity

• a turbine

• hot water

• steam

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Nuclear reactors make heat, which warms water into steam, which turns a _______

• Waterwheel

• Windmill

• Hydroelectric Plant

• Turbine

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When moving neutrons hit the nuclei of certain other atoms thereby causing them to disintegrate, and this happens repeatedly, it is said to be a _______________________.

• nuclear chain reaction

• alpha radiation

• nuclear half-life

• control rod

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In order for Uranium-235 to be able to be used in a nuclear reactor, its concentration must be enriched from .7 % to ________________.

• 4%

• 7%

• 15%

• 10%

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