Enriched uranium is required as a fuel in a nuclear reactor. Light water is used as moderator & coolant, because light water has
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What is the average life of a radioactive atom having a 'half life period' of T?
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The half life period of a radioactive substance is best determined by counting the number of alpha particles emitted per second in a Geiger Muller counter from its known quantity. If the half life period of a radioactive substance is one month, then
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The radioactive isotope of hydrogen is
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The velocity of thermal (slow) neutrons triggering nuclear fission reaction (having energy equal to 0.025 eV) is about . . . . . . . . metres/second.
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Pick out the wrong statement.
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If a nuclear reactor produces more fissile nuclear fuel than it consumes, then it is called a . . . . . . . . reactor.
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An element having large number of . . . . . . . . is most easily subjected to nuclear fission.
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A heterogeneous nuclear reactor is the one in which the moderator & the
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In the gaseous diffusion process of uranium enrichment, the natural uranium is converted into gaseous uranium
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The type of pump used for recirculation of molten sodium coolant in liquid metal cooled reactor is the . . . . . . . . pump.
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Thorium-232 is converted into uranium-233 in a . . . . . . . . nuclear reactor.
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If 4 gm of a radioisotope has a half life period of 10 days, the half life of 2 gm of the same isotope will be . . . . . . . . days.
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In a pressurized water reactor (PWR), the
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Percentage of heavy water in ordinary water is around
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Molten sodium (as a coolant in fast breeder reactor)
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Which of the following is not a fertile material?
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Nuclear fuel usually used in a BWR is
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Which of the following is a moderating material used in nuclear reactor?
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Open questionHeavy water is preferred over ordinary water as a coolant, because it
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