Power Plant Engineering (2171910) MCQs

MCQs of Nuclear Power Plant

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21.

Where reactor operation is designed with fast neutrons such as in reactors using highly enriched fuel, the moderator used is

(a)

heavy water
(b)

graphite
(c)

carbon dioxide
(d)

no moderator is needed
Answer:

Option (d)

22.

Each fission of U235 produces on the average __________ fast neutrons as a product of reaction.

(a)

2.46
(b)

24.6
(c)

246
(d)

2460
Answer:

Option (a)

23.

Uranium has isotopes

(a)

U234
(b)

U235
(c)

U238
(d)

all of these
Answer:

Option (d)

24.

Reactors for propulsion applications are designed for

(a)

any form of uranium
(b)

natura uranium
(c)

enriched uranium
(d)

plutonium
Answer:

Option (c)

25.

The primary fuel used in nuclear power plants is

(a)

U235
(b)

U238
(c)

Pu239
(d)

Pu233
Answer:

Option (a)

26.

U233 is produced

(a)

artificially
(b)

as basic raw material
(c)

when thorium is irradiated by neutrons
(d)

by fission of U238
Answer:

Option (c)

27.

The energy released during the fission of one atom of Uranium - 235 in million electron volts is about

(a)

100
(b)

200
(c)

300
(d)

400
Answer:

Option (b)

28.

The nuclear power station at Tarapur has the reactor of the __________ type.

(a)

pressurized water
(b)

boiling water
(c)

gas cooled
(d)

liquid metal cooled
Answer:

Option (b)

29.

The secondary fuel used in nuclear power plants is

(a)

U233 and Pu239
(b)

U235 and Th232
(c)

U235 and Pu238
(d)

U233 and Pu238
Answer:

Option (a)

30.

The nuclear radiators produced in a reactor which must be sheilded are

(a)

electrons
(b)

α, β and γ rays
(c)

neutron and gamma rays
(d)

none of these
Answer:

Option (c)

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