Nuclear Energy

Nuclear energy is renewable.

• True

• False

Of all the energy used by the United States in 2021, only ______ came from nuclear power.

• 100%

• 50%

• 8%

• None of the above

   

Nuclear energy – alongside hydropower – is one of our __________ low-carbon energy technologies.

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Nuclear power generation has been around since the ___________.

• 1960

• 1945

• 2020

• 1850

Uranium is found naturally within the earth’s crust and is a ________ resource.

Traces of uranium are found ___________.

• humans

• animals

• plants

• all of the above

Mining uranium can be mined from cave walls.

• True

• False

           ____________ pumps chemicals into groundwater to extract/dissolve uranium from porous rocks.

• Human Power

• Ion Rods

• Ore Pump

• Situ Leaching

Nuclear reactors are the heart of a nuclear power plant.

• True

• False

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Fission happens when controlled nuclear chain reactions produce heat through a physical process. The heat that is produced is used to make steam that spins a ___________ to create electricity.

• ion rods

• pumps

• turbine

• none of the above

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