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Nuclear power plant-Life cycle

1 In a PWR reactor, the water is kept under high pressure

to prevent it from boiling
only in the reactor core
to slow down the neutrons
to reduce the heat required to boil it
Life cycle

2 Fuel rods spend typically ______ total now inside the reactor, generally until _____ of their uranium has been fissioned

6 years;   3%
6 months;   30%
6 months;   3%
6 years;   30%

3 After about __________ in a spent fuel pool the spent fuel can be moved to dry storage casks or reprocessed.

5 months
50 years
5 years
-Conventional fuel resources

4 Uranium is approximately ______________ than silver in the Earth's crust.

40 times less common
4 times more common
40 times more common
4 times less common

5 Reactors that use natural (unenriched) uranium are

considered impossible
are already in use
are likely to emerge in the next few decades
-Breeding

6 Fast breeder reactors use uranium-238, an isotope which constitutes _____ of naturally occurring uranium

30%
3%
1 %
99%
60%

7 One concern about fast breeder reactors is that the uranium reserves will be exhausted more quickly

true
false
-Solid waste

8 High-level radioactive waste management is a daunting problem because

they cannot be stored underground
the isotopes are long-lived
the isotopes are short-lived

9 A 2008 report from Oak Ridge National Laboratory concluded that the dose to the public from radiation from coal plants is ___________ the radiation nuclear plants (excluding the possibility of accidental discharges of radioactive material

10 times less than
about the same as
100 times more than
10 times more than
100 times less than

10 A 2008 report from Oak Ridge National Laboratory concluded that the dose to the public from radiation from properly run nuclear plants is ___________ the radiation created by burning coal

100 times less than
100 times more than
10 times less than
10 times more than
about the same as

11 One concern is that long term nuclear waste management is now being performed by a number of private waste management companies

true
false

12 The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico

can no longer nuclear waste from production reactors because it is full
is currently taking nuclear waste from production reactors
was originally a research and development facility but is now under private ownership
- Reprocessing

13 In the United States, reprocessing of spent Uranium

provides 5% of our fuel needs which is consumed within the United states
is not allowed due to nuclear weapon proliferation concerns
is not allowed due to waste management concerns
provides 20% of our fuel needs and allows the United States to export nuclear fuel

14 The reprocessing of spent Uranium worsens the problem of long term waste storage

true
false

15 The reprocessing of spent Uranium helps alleviate the problem of long term waste storage

true
false
Economics

16 Nuclear power plants typically have

low capital costs and high fuel costs
high capital costs and low fuel costs
high capital costs and high fuel costs
low capital costs and low fuel costs
Accidents and safety, the human and financial costs

17 How many latent (cancer) deaths are estimated to result from the Three Mile Island accident?

zero
from 4000 to 25,000
from 0 to 1000

18 It has been estimated that if Japan had never adopted nuclear power, the use of other fuels would have caused more lost years of life.

true
false

19 It has been estimated that farmland lost due to Fukushima accident will be again useful for farming in 40-60 years

true
false

20 It has been estimated that farmland lost due to Fukushima accident will not be farmed for centuries

true
false
Nuclear proliferation

21 The Megatons to Megawatts Program

purchases spent fuel that could otherwise be used to make weapons, and is considered a failure
converts weapons grade uranium into fuel for commercial reactors, and is considered a failure
converts weapons grade uranium into fuel for commercial reactors, and is considered a success
purchases spent fuel that could otherwise be used to make weapons, and is considered a success