Mechanical Engineering Questions And Answers :: Nuclear Power Plants: part2



Mechanical Engineering : Nuclear Power Plants QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part2 : 21 to 25

Following Mechanical Engineering Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in BSNL JTO, GATE 2024 and IES 2024 examinations :

21.Boiling water reactor uses the following as moderator, coolant and working fluid

ordinary fluid
heavy water
molten lead
hydrogen gas
none of the above.

22.Enriched uranium may contain fissionable contents of the order of

1-99%
1-25%
1-50%
1-75%
1-90%.

23.Ideally the neutron flux in reactor should be

maximum in centre and zero at side
maximum at side and zero in centre
uniform throughout
zero throughout
none of the above.

24.Pick up the wrong statement

In a heterogeneous or solid-fuel reactor, the fuel is mixed in a regular pattern within moderator.
Slow or thermal neutrons have energy of the order or 0.025 eV
Fast neutrons have energies above 1000 eV
Fast reactor uses moderator
Most serious drawback in using water as coolant in nuclear plants is its high vapor pressure.

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