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Mechanical Engineering · Q18

Power Plant Engineering

Engineering and GATE · Mechanical Engineering · question 18

Q18

Reflector in nuclear power plants _________ neutron leakage.

A.
Increases
B.
Decreases
Answer
C.
Have no effect on
D.
None of these

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
A reflector is a region of unfueled material surrounding the core.
Its function is to scatter neutrons that leak from the core, thereby returning some of them back into the core.
Reflector in nuclear power plants decreases neutron leakage.