Do you ACTUALLY know about Nuclear Energy?

Is nuclear energy emission free?

• no, it emits a harmful gas that is later absorbed by plants

• no, the toxic gases released get into peoples lungs and cause cancer

• yes, due to the process of fission, the only thing emitted is steam

• I really have no idea

Does nuclear energy leave a land footprint? If so, how big?

• Yes, it requires only around 4 square miles of land for a typical 1,000-megawatt nuclear facility.

• Yes, it requires only 1 square-mile of land for a typical 1,000- megawatt nuclear facility.

• no, a nuclear plant requires no land what-so- ever

• yes, it requires only 2.5 square-miles of land for a typical 1,000- megawatt nuclear facility

3 million solar panels and 430 wind turbines is equal to

• One commercial reactor

• Two commercial reactors

• Three commercial reactors

• Four commercial reactors

All of the used nuclear fuel produced by America's nuclear industry over the last 60 years could fit on _________ at a depth of less than ________ yards.

• a football field, 10

• the trade towers , 24

• a standard swimming pool, 11

• an 18-wheeler trailer, 6

A nuclear power plant is typically refueled every

• 5 years

• 6 months

• 1.5-2 years

• 8-9 months

A typical nuclear reactor produces _________ of energy

• 3-gigawatts

• 6-gigawatts

• 2.5-gigawatts

• 1-gigawatt

Control room operators typically work shifts alone

• true, they are usually working by themselves and use remote safety console's to help manage the reactor.

• false, a supervisor and a reactor operator ( or another supervisor) must be present at all times during a reactors operation.

Commercial Nuclear fuel usually looks like

• toxic, green waste that is often kept in barrels in a restricted facility before use.

• combined metal fuel rods containing pellets of uranium oxide

• a gray liquid that is a mix of uranium 235 and uranium 236

• metal fuel rod filled with enriched uranium and tubes of carbon

How is the nuclear spent fuel stored?

• safely stored at more than 100 reactor and storage sites where it is either stored in storage pools or dry casks.

• securely transported to private facilities that ship the waste off to disposal companies

• stored in secluded facilities in the Arctic where they are never touched again

• taken into secure storage sites where the fuel rods are separated and placed inside neutralizing tanks.

Which would give off the MOST radiation?

• A house next door to a nuclear power plant

• Your granite kitchen counter-top

• The Capitol, in Washington DC

• An apple