Baroda
Ramagundam
Talcher
Tuticorin
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Nuclear Power Engineering MCQs
The half life period of a radiactive element is 100 days. After 400 days, one gm of the element will be reduced to __________ gm.
1-Apr
1-Aug
1-Feb
Jan-16
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Fast breeder test reactor at Kalpakkam is designed for using
thorium as a fertile material.
U-238 as a fertile material.
helium as a coolant.
uranium ore directly as a fuel.
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Function of control rod in a nuclear reactor is to control
temperature
pressure
fuel consumption
absorption of neutrons
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Neutrons have mass approximately equal to that of __________ atoms.
hydrogen
helium
deuterium
none of these
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The largest stable nucleus is
U-235
U-238
Pb-206
Bi-209
✅ The correct answer is option A.
A fast breeder reactor
utilises fast neutrons for causing fission.
converts fertile material (e.g., U-238) into fissile material (Pu-239).
normally employs molten sodium as coolant.
all (a), (b) and (c).
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Specific gravity of uranium and plutonium is about
9
13
19
27
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The ratio of mass of a neutron to that of an electron is about 1839. What is the ratio of the mass of a proton to that of an electron?
159
1837
2537
10000
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The velocity of thermal (slow) neutrons triggering nuclear fission reaction (having energy equal to 0.025 eV) is about __________ metres/second.
1100
2200
3300
4400
✅ The correct answer is option B.