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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. Large structure that contains important parts in a nuclear powerplant
40% of enriched uranium
Containment Structure
Two main nuclear plants in California
3% U-235

2. The minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction
40% of enriched uranium
Vitrification or Glassification
1/5th of US electricity
Critical Mass

3. Occurs when U-238 captures a neutron
U-238
U-235
Breeder reactors
Formation of Plutonium

4. Fraction of US electricity that comes from nuclear energy
Control Rods
1/5th of US electricity
U-238
Run!

5. Radioactive material left behind from uranium mining operations
Containment Structure
Uses of uranium
3% U-235
Radioactive tailings

6. Enrichment level needed to make a bomb
Run!
Radioactive tailings
100% U-235
1/5th of US electricity

7. A method of safely storing high - level radioactive liquid wastes in solid form - as enormous glass logs.
Control Rods
Vitrification or Glassification
Moderator
Radioactive tailings

8. Slow the chain reaction by absorbing neutrons
Vitrification or Glassification
Containment Structure
Control Rods
Reprocessing

9. A massive tower designed to dissipate waste heat from a power plant (or other industrial plant) in to the atmosphere.
Run!
Control Rods
Cooling Towers
15% of California's electricity

10. Percent of California's electricity from nuclear power

11. Heat produced by Nuclear fission is used to produce steam from liquid water here
Critical Mass
Steam Generator
Vitrification or Glassification
Breeder reactors

12. Any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors
40% of enriched uranium
Run!
Uses of uranium
Moderator

13. Nuclear reactors that produce more fuel than they use
Breeder reactors
Cooling Towers
Formation of Plutonium
3% U-235

14. Reusing highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel by chemically separating the unused uranium and plutonium from other radioactive waste products.
1/5th of US electricity
Formation of Plutonium
Reprocessing
15% of California's electricity

15. Nuclear power plants - reactors for spacecraft and ships - research reactors - production of radioisotopes in medicine
Uses of uranium
Run!
Breeder reactors
Vitrification or Glassification

16. Enrichment level needed to operate a nuclear power plant
3% U-235
1/5th of US electricity
Radioactive tailings
Breeder reactors

17. Diablo Canyon - San Onofre
Containment Structure
Two main nuclear plants in California
Reprocessing
149 gallons of oil

18. Percent of enriched uranium imported by the US from Russia
40% of enriched uranium
Control Rods
Critical Mass
1/5th of US electricity

19. Contains the same amount of energy as one pellet of enriched uranium
3% U-235
15% of California's electricity
Cooling Towers
149 gallons of oil

20. Uranium used to produce energy
Breeder reactors
U-235
149 gallons of oil
Radioactive tailings

21. Most abundant isotope of uranium
Containment Structure
U-238
40% of enriched uranium
Cooling Towers

22. Emergency shutting down of a nuclear reactor
3% U-235
149 gallons of oil
Run!
40% of enriched uranium