Nuclear Power Engineering Questions

• Extraction of uranium from its ore is done using __________ methods.
• Pick out the wrong statement.
• U-235 content in enriched uranium, that is normally used in power reactors (e.g., at Tarapur atomic power plant), is about __________ percent.
• Coolant present in the primary circuit of a pressurised water reactor is high pressure
• Nuclear power reactor located at Tarapur is of __________ type.
• In the nuclear reaction, 93N239→ 94Pu239 +?; the missing particle is a/an
• Percentage of natural uranium present in uranium ore found in Jadugoda (Jharkhand) is
• Main source of __________ is monazite sand.
• Secondary cooling circuit is a must in molten sodium cooled fast breeder reactor for
• Which of the following gases has very high neutron capture cross-section, making it unsuitable as a coolant in nuclear reactor?
• Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) located at Trombay (near Bombay) has
• Coolant used in a fast breeder reactor is
• H2 is a better coolant than CO2, due to its relatively
• The main ore of uranium is
• Which of the following is the most harmful for the human being?
• Use of molten metal as a coolant in fast breeder reactor helps in
• A radioactive isotope undergoes decay with respect to time following __________ law.
• The electric power generation cost in nuclear power plant is less than that in a coal based thermal power plant, mainly because the
• Critical energy should be __________ the neutron binding energy of the atom in order to initiate a nuclear fission.
• Which of the following is not an ore of uranium?