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CSET Energy From Nuclear Reactors
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Answer 22 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Slow the chain reaction by absorbing neutrons
Formation of Plutonium
1/5th of US electricity
15% of California's electricity
Control Rods
2. Reusing highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel by chemically separating the unused uranium and plutonium from other radioactive waste products.
Reprocessing
Critical Mass
3% U-235
Moderator
3. Heat produced by Nuclear fission is used to produce steam from liquid water here
Uses of uranium
Steam Generator
Formation of Plutonium
Cooling Towers
4. Uranium used to produce energy
Control Rods
U-238
U-235
15% of California's electricity
5. Large structure that contains important parts in a nuclear powerplant
Formation of Plutonium
U-235
Containment Structure
100% U-235
6. Any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors
Moderator
Vitrification or Glassification
Containment Structure
3% U-235
7. Diablo Canyon - San Onofre
Two main nuclear plants in California
Run!
U-238
Radioactive tailings
8. Occurs when U-238 captures a neutron
Formation of Plutonium
U-238
149 gallons of oil
40% of enriched uranium
9. Percent of enriched uranium imported by the US from Russia
Breeder reactors
40% of enriched uranium
3% U-235
Uses of uranium
10. Percent of California's electricity from nuclear power
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11. Nuclear reactors that produce more fuel than they use
Containment Structure
Breeder reactors
Critical Mass
Reprocessing
12. A method of safely storing high - level radioactive liquid wastes in solid form - as enormous glass logs.
Vitrification or Glassification
Control Rods
Critical Mass
40% of enriched uranium
13. Enrichment level needed to make a bomb
Containment Structure
100% U-235
Critical Mass
Vitrification or Glassification
14. Most abundant isotope of uranium
Critical Mass
U-238
1/5th of US electricity
Formation of Plutonium
15. The minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction
Critical Mass
Cooling Towers
U-238
Steam Generator
16. Nuclear power plants - reactors for spacecraft and ships - research reactors - production of radioisotopes in medicine
Run!
Radioactive tailings
100% U-235
Uses of uranium
17. Contains the same amount of energy as one pellet of enriched uranium
Breeder reactors
U-238
100% U-235
149 gallons of oil
18. Emergency shutting down of a nuclear reactor
Containment Structure
U-235
Run!
100% U-235
19. Enrichment level needed to operate a nuclear power plant
3% U-235
Control Rods
Two main nuclear plants in California
Formation of Plutonium
20. Radioactive material left behind from uranium mining operations
Breeder reactors
Radioactive tailings
Control Rods
U-235
21. Fraction of US electricity that comes from nuclear energy
1/5th of US electricity
Vitrification or Glassification
15% of California's electricity
Control Rods
22. A massive tower designed to dissipate waste heat from a power plant (or other industrial plant) in to the atmosphere.
Breeder reactors
Uses of uranium
Cooling Towers
Moderator