nuclear power plants Mcqs
51. The risk of radioactive hazard is greatest in the turbine with following reactor___________________?
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A. all of the above.

B. boiling water

C. liquid metal cooled

D. gas cooled

E. pressurised water

52. Which of the following can be used as a coolant in nuclear plant________________?
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A. light or heavy water

B. carbon tetrachloride

C. freon

D. carbon dioxide

E. molten lead

53. In the breeder reactors the generation of new fissionable atom is_________________?
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A. at a higher rate than the constuption

B. unpredictable

C. at the lower rate than the consumption

D. depends on other considerations

E. at an equal rate of the consumption

54. The function of control rods in nuclear plants is to__________________?
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A. control absorption of neutron

B. readioactive pollution

C. none of the above

D. control temperature

E. control fuel consumption

56. Supertheated steam is generated in following reactor________________?
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A. all of the above

B. gas cooled

C. boiling water

D. pressurised water

E. none of the above

57. Which of the following is secondary fuel ?
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A. non oh these

B. U233andPu238

C. U233andPu239

D. Th232andU238

58. Pick up the wrong statement Fast breeder reactors__________________?
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A. are unmoderated

B. are liquid-metal cooled

C. produce more fuel than they consume

D. use water as coolant

E. operate at extremely high power densities.

60. In a fission process, maximum %age of energy is released as___________________?
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A. gradual readioactive decay of fission products

B. kinetic energy of neutrons

C. none of the above

D. instantaneous release of gamma rays

E. kinetic energy of fission products
61. Which of the following is more appropriate for a moderator. One which_________________?
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A. absorbs neutrons

B. regenerates neutrons

C. does not absorb neutrons

D. accelerates neutrons

E. eats up neutrons

62. Breeder reactors employ liquid metal coolant because it_______________?
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A. produces maximum steam

B. breeds neutrons

C. transfers heat from core at a fast rate

D. acts as good moderator

E. increases rate of reaction in core

64. The size of the reactor is said to be critical when_________________?
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A. chain reaction can be initiated

B. it produces no power

C. it explodes

D. it produces tremendous power

E. it becomes uncontrollable

67. The coolant used in boiling water reactor is________________?
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A. Co2

B. mixture of water and steam

C. liquid metal

D. mercury

E. pressurised water

70. The energy produced by a thermal reactor of same size as a breeder reactor is__________________?
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A. much more.

B. slightly less

C. almost same

D. slightly more

E. much less
71. A fast breeder reactor uses_______________?
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A. U-239

B. Pu-239

C. U-238

D. 90% U-235

E. U-235

73. The unit of radio-activity is_____________?
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A. curie

B. electron-ampere

C. AMU

D. electron-volt

E. MeV

74. A boiling water reactor uses following as fuel________________?
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A. plutonium

B. thorium

C. enriched uranium

D. natural uranium.

E. U

75. Reactors for propulsion applications use_________________?
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A. natural uranium

B. molten lead

C. thorium

D. any form of uranium

E. plutonium

76. Reactors designed for propulsion applications are designed for_______________?
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A. enriched uranium

B. pure uranium

C. none of the above

D. natural uranium

E. any type of uranium

77. Pressurised water reactor is designed________________?
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A. to prevent the water coolant from boiling in the core

B. to use intermediate coolant

C. for boiling pi water in the core

D. to eliminate the coolant loop of the pressurised water

E. to use liquid sodium metal as coolant

78. Pick up the wrong statement?
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A. In a heterogeneous or solid-fuel reactor, the fuel is mixed in a regular pattern within moderator.

B. Most serious drawback in using water as coolant in nuclear plants is its high vapour pressure

C. Slow or thermal neutrons have energy of the order or 0.025 eV

D. Fast neutrons have energies above 1000 eV

E. Fast reactor uses moderator
79. Effective moderators are those materials which contain____________________?
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A. heavy weight atoms

B. there is no such criterion

C. zero weight atoms

D. critical atoms

E. light weight atoms
80. The following present serious difficulty in designing reactor shield_________________?
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A. alpha particles

B. beta particles

C. thermal neutrons

D. fast neutrons and gamma rays

E. none of the above

81. A pressurised water reactor employs pressuriser for the following application________________?
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A. to Supply high pressure steam

B. to increase pressure of water in primary circut

C. all of the above

D. to maintain constant pressure in primary circuit under varying load

E. to provide subcooled water at high pressure

82. When a reactor becomes critical, then the production of neutrons is_________________?
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A. zero

B. stopped

C. initiated

D. exactly balanced by the loss of neutrons through leakage

E. infinite

83. In nuclear fission___________________?
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A. the original elements change into completely different elements

B. none of the above

C. the molecules rearrange themselves to form other molecules

D. strong>. the electrons of the element change

84. Plutonium-239 is produced__________________?
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A. by neutron irradiation of IT*

B. by neutron irradiation of thorium

C. as basic raw material

D. in high capacity furnaces

E. artificially

85. The efficiency of a nuclear power plant in comparison to conventional and nuclear consideration is__________________?
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A. lower temperature and pressure condi-tions

B. nuclear hazard risk

C. high initial cost

D. higher cost of nuclear fuel

E. high heat rejection in condenser

86. Artificial radioactive isotopes find application in________________?
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A. nuclear fusion

B. nuclear fission

C. medical field

D. nucleonic devices

E. power generation

87. Natural uranium is made up of__________________?
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A. 99.282% U234, 0.712% U238, 0.006% U235

B. 99.282% U238, 0.712% U235, 0.006% U234

C. 99.282% U235, 0.712% U238, 0.06% U234

D. 99.282% U235, 0.712% U234, 0.006% U238

E. none of the above

88. A reactor capable of converting a ferrite material into fissile isotopes is called____________________?
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A. boiling water reactor

B. fast breeder reactor

C. regenerative reactor

D. breeder reactor

E. ferrite reactor

89. Electron-volt is the unit of________________?
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A. there is no such unit.

B. energy

C. atomic power

D. radio activity

E. voltage

90. In boiling water reactor, moderator is__________________?
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A. graphite rod

B. ferrite rod

C. coolant itself

D. blanket of thorium

E. liquid sodium metal

91. For economical operation of a nuclear plant__________________?
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A. reflector should be used

B. used fuel should be reprocessed

C. coolant should be employed

D. moderator should be used

E. control rods should be used