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CSET Energy From Nuclear Reactors

Subjects : cset, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 22 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Percent of enriched uranium imported by the US from Russia






2. Slow the chain reaction by absorbing neutrons






3. A massive tower designed to dissipate waste heat from a power plant (or other industrial plant) in to the atmosphere.






4. Contains the same amount of energy as one pellet of enriched uranium






5. Reusing highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel by chemically separating the unused uranium and plutonium from other radioactive waste products.






6. Nuclear power plants - reactors for spacecraft and ships - research reactors - production of radioisotopes in medicine






7. Uranium used to produce energy






8. Fraction of US electricity that comes from nuclear energy






9. Heat produced by Nuclear fission is used to produce steam from liquid water here






10. Radioactive material left behind from uranium mining operations






11. Enrichment level needed to operate a nuclear power plant






12. Occurs when U-238 captures a neutron






13. Diablo Canyon - San Onofre






14. Percent of California's electricity from nuclear power


15. Any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors






16. Most abundant isotope of uranium






17. Large structure that contains important parts in a nuclear powerplant






18. Enrichment level needed to make a bomb






19. A method of safely storing high - level radioactive liquid wastes in solid form - as enormous glass logs.






20. The minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction






21. Emergency shutting down of a nuclear reactor






22. Nuclear reactors that produce more fuel than they use