Nuclear Power Plant

A moderator, in nuclear power plants, is a medium introduced into the fuel mass in order to

• Slow down the speed of fast moving neutrons

• Control the reaction

• Reduce the temperature

• Extracts heat from nuclear reaction

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Where reactor operation is designed with fast neutrons such as in reactors using highly enriched fuel, the moderator used is

• Heavy water

• Graphite

• Carbon dioxide

• No moderator is needed

The efficiency of a nuclear power plant in comparison to conventional and nuclear consideration is

• Higher cost of nuclear fuel

• High initial cost

• High heat rejection in condenser

• Lower temperature and pressure conditions

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One gram of uranium will produce energy equivalent to approximately

• 1 tonne of high grade coal

• 4.5 tonnes of high grade coal

• 10 tonnes of high grade coal

• 100 tonnes of high grade coal

Which of the following type of pump is used in liquid metal cooled reactor for circulation of liquid metal

• Centrifugal

• Axial

• Reciprocation

• Electromagnetic

The nuclear energy is measured as

• MeV

• Curie

• Farads

• MW

Which type of power plant is this?

• Coal Power Plant

• Nuclear Power Plant

• Solar Power Plant

• Hydroelectric Power Plant

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Nuclear power plants rely on which of the following reactions to generate energy?

• Fusion

• Half-life

• Fission

• Fusion or fission

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Nuclear power uses ____ for fuel.

• steel

• coal

• uranium

• hydrogen

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What controls the reaction within a nuclear reactor?

• Control Rods

• Moderator

• Containment building

• Reactor Vessel

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