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CSET Energy From Nuclear Reactors

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Instructions:

Answer 22 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Most abundant isotope of uranium
Formation of Plutonium
Run!
U-238
Control Rods

2. Fraction of US electricity that comes from nuclear energy
Cooling Towers
U-238
3% U-235
1/5th of US electricity

3. Diablo Canyon - San Onofre
Formation of Plutonium
40% of enriched uranium
15% of California's electricity
Two main nuclear plants in California

4. Enrichment level needed to operate a nuclear power plant
Reprocessing
40% of enriched uranium
3% U-235
U-238

5. Any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors
Steam Generator
Moderator
U-238
Vitrification or Glassification

6. Large structure that contains important parts in a nuclear powerplant
Containment Structure
40% of enriched uranium
U-235
Steam Generator

7. Occurs when U-238 captures a neutron
Two main nuclear plants in California
Formation of Plutonium
Steam Generator
Breeder reactors

8. A method of safely storing high - level radioactive liquid wastes in solid form - as enormous glass logs.
U-238
Moderator
Vitrification or Glassification
Formation of Plutonium

9. Emergency shutting down of a nuclear reactor
Uses of uranium
149 gallons of oil
Run!
15% of California's electricity

10. Percent of enriched uranium imported by the US from Russia
40% of enriched uranium
Containment Structure
U-235
Uses of uranium

11. Enrichment level needed to make a bomb
Radioactive tailings
100% U-235
Vitrification or Glassification
Reprocessing

12. Nuclear power plants - reactors for spacecraft and ships - research reactors - production of radioisotopes in medicine
Uses of uranium
40% of enriched uranium
Vitrification or Glassification
100% U-235

13. Percent of California's electricity from nuclear power

14. Reusing highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel by chemically separating the unused uranium and plutonium from other radioactive waste products.
Reprocessing
Formation of Plutonium
Containment Structure
40% of enriched uranium

15. A massive tower designed to dissipate waste heat from a power plant (or other industrial plant) in to the atmosphere.
Cooling Towers
Formation of Plutonium
Two main nuclear plants in California
Control Rods

16. The minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction
Radioactive tailings
Run!
Critical Mass
Uses of uranium

17. Heat produced by Nuclear fission is used to produce steam from liquid water here
Run!
U-235
149 gallons of oil
Steam Generator

18. Nuclear reactors that produce more fuel than they use
Run!
Breeder reactors
1/5th of US electricity
3% U-235

19. Radioactive material left behind from uranium mining operations
Radioactive tailings
1/5th of US electricity
Steam Generator
Cooling Towers

20. Uranium used to produce energy
Control Rods
Two main nuclear plants in California
U-235
Reprocessing

21. Contains the same amount of energy as one pellet of enriched uranium
Two main nuclear plants in California
149 gallons of oil
Breeder reactors
Uses of uranium

22. Slow the chain reaction by absorbing neutrons
Breeder reactors
149 gallons of oil
Control Rods
U-235