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Which substance is used as fuel in nuclear power plants? - Science and Technology 2

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Which substance is used as fuel in nuclear power plants?

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In a nuclear power plant, uranium or plutonium are used as fuel.

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Which of the following is not an example of a bio-mass energy source?


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(a) biogas
(b) methane gas
(c) hydrogen gas
(d) natural gas


Which one of the following is not renewable energy technology?


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In the nuclear reactor of a power plant: 

how do control rods control the rate of fission?


 Differentiate between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. 


In a nuclear power plant, coolant is a substance:

(a) which cools the hot, spent steam to condense it back to water
(b) which transfers heat from reactor to water in heat exchanger
(c) which is boiled to make steam to turn the turbine
(d) which cools the generator coils to prevent their overheating.


Nuclear fission reactions are not a source of energy for one of the following. This is:

(a) atom bomb
(b) power plants
(c) sun
(d) pacemaker


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`""_1^2H+_1^2H->_2^3He+xc+E`    

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\[\ce{_Z^AP -> _{Z-2}^AY + _2^4He}\]


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\[\ce{_Z^AX ->_Z^{A-1}Y + _-1^0e}\]


How does the position of an element change in the periodic table when it emits out an alpha particle?


What safety measures and needed in a nuclear power plant?


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Give scientific reason.

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Give scientific reasons.

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