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Nuclear Energy Quiz 15 (25 MCQs)

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1. What is a fusion reaction?
2. What is the current way people are disposing of radioactive waste?
3. Solve this decay question:$^{14}$C$_{6}$-$\rightarrow$ _____ + $^{0}$$\beta$$_{-1}$
4. What step in the fuel cycle involves dissolving used fuel rods in acid, collecting the still useful fuel and sending it back to make new pellets, then disposing of the high-level wastes in long-term storage?
5. Radium-226 undergoes alpha decay to become radon-222. The equation is:226 Ra 222 Rn + 4 He. 88 86 2Calculate the energy released if Ra-226 = 226.025406 u Rn-222 = 222.017574 u He = 4.002603 u
6. Enriching uranium in the fuel cycle is done in order to _____
7. The amount of time it take for 1/2 U-235 to decay is 4.5 billion years. This is known as its _____
8. What is a Nuclei
9. Which subatomic particle causes the nucleus to have a positive charge?
10. The splitting of an atom is known as _____
11. What process does the Sun go through in order to produce limitless energy for billions of years?
12. The combining of atomic nuclei
13. What are two isotopes that are used in a Nuclear Reactor for electricity?
14. In nuclear fusion, two positively charged nuclei must touch and bind together. This requires that the nuclei approach each other at _____
15. Which of the following is true about fusion?
16. Costs more than $ 3, 000 per kilowatt of electrical capacity
17. Nuclear power plants produce energy using what type of reaction?
18. When moving neutrons hit the nuclei of certain other atoms thereby causing them to disintegrate, and this happens repeatedly, it is said to be a _____
19. Which of the following terms best describes the other product besides energy of nuclear power?
20. Uranium-235 is considered ideal for use in nuclear reactors because
21. What is Albert Einstein's theory about mass and energy?
22. How does nuclear energy affect the planet/wildlife
23. What was the name of the area in which there was a nuclear explosion in 1986?
24. The mass of the neutron is about _____
25. Can be stopped by aluminum foil; has no mass and negative charge.
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