Nuclear Energy Quiz 12 (25 MCQs)

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1. How does nuclear energy affect us

2. Which part of a nuclear power plant can help control the thermal pollution that it releases.

3. Which of the following is meter thick lead and concrete to prevent radiation escape?

4. What does the word catastrophe mean in paragraph 10?

5. Which of the following was needed in order for coal to form?

6. Nuclear power plants use _____ as fuel.

7. What is true about nuclear fusion?

8. How many electrons are in an atom that has an atomic number of 34, an atomic mass of 74 and a charge of-2?

9. What step in the fuel cycle involves crushing uranium ore and concentrating it into yellowcake, while the leftover non-useful material is removed?

10. Three Mile Island differed from Chernobyl and Fukushima because _____

11. Nuclear power plants currently generate around what percent of electricity in the US

12. The sun produces energy through nuclear fusion. This means that what process occurs inside the sun?

13. What are the atomic numbers of the two main elements that make up the Sun?

14. Element R decays to element V with a half-life of 20 years. After 60 years, how much R remains from a 1200g sample?

15. What was one of our pros?

16. Coal-burning power plants and nuclear power plants producing electricity both release a large amount of

17. The storage method used for radioactive wastes generated from fission nuclear reactors must be designed to last for how long?

18. What is not true about fission reactions at power plants?

19. Two or more nuclei combine to form one larger nucleus in the process of nuclear _____

20. The word emissions in paragraph 4 means

21. When building a nuclear power plant, they are often built near a river. The biggest issue with this is then

22. True or false:Power plants produce nuclear energy

23. Which of the following is NOT a nuclear accident that occurred at a power plant?

24. A disadvantage of nuclear energy is that _____

25. Which type of radiation is the least ionising?