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Chemical Engineering - Nuclear Power Engineering

Exercise : Nuclear Power Engineering - Section 3
1.
Plutonium
is recovered from spent fuel from thermal nuclear reactor.
has much lower melting point (640°C ) compared to thorium (1690°C).
both (a) and (b).
neither (a) nor (b).
Answer: Option
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2.
A control rod
should have small absorption cross-section.
is generally made of boron, hafnium or cadmium.
should have large absorption cross-section.
both (b) and (c).
Answer: Option
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3.
Number of secondary neutron emitted on fission of an atom of U-235 by slow neutron bombardment is
3
235
200
92
Answer: Option
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4.
Enriched uranium means that, it contains
more than 0.71% of U-235.
only fertile material.
only fissile material.
no impurities.
Answer: Option
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5.
The radioisotope used to study the thyroid gland is
iodine
cobalt
iron
carbon
Answer: Option
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