Nuclear Power Engineering MCQ Questions & Answers | Chemical Engineering

A. The disintegration rate of a radioactive substance can not be increased by heating it

B. Electrons have negligible mass and unit negative change

C. Deuterium atom has one proton and two neutrons in its nucleus

D. Cadmium is capable of absorbing neutrons

A. Is recovered from spent fuel from thermal nuclear reactor

B. Has much lower melting point (640°C ) compared to thorium (1690°C)

C. Both A & B

D. Neither A nor B

A. Α-particle emission from a radioactive element makes it electrically negative

B. Β-particle emission from a radioactive element makes it electrically positive

C. A radioactive element having a half life period of 20 years will completely disintegrated in 40 years

D. The disintegration constant of a radioactive isotope is independent of pressure, temperature or concentration

A. Nucleus having two protons

B. Helium nucleus

C. Electron with positive charge

D. Nucleus with one proton and one neutron

A. Pressurised water reactor

B. Gas cooled reactor

C. Molten sodium cooled reactor

D. Boiling water reactor

A. 159

B. 1837

C. 2537

D. 10000

A. 32

B. 52

C. 72

D. 88

A. It is difficult to control fusion reaction

B. The fuel required (e.g. deuterium and tritium) is scarce

C. It is difficult to initiate fusion reaction

D. Quantity of fuel required for initiating fusion reaction is prohibitively high

A. Thorium

B. Plutonium

C. Uranium

D. None of these

A. The ratio of the density of the 'nucleus' to that of the 'atom' is 10¹²

B. Α-particle is identical with a doubly charged helium ion

C. The mass of deuterium atom is half that of helium atom

D. Gamma rays are high energy electrons