Nuclear Power

Nuclear Power's source comes from _________________.

• Uranium or Plutonium
• Coal
• Natural Gas
• Oil and/or Coal

When the nuclei of certain isotopes (atoms) are unstable and spontaneously decompose, this is called ________________.

• radioactive
• a melt down
• ionization
• half-life

When moving neutrons hit the nuclei of certain other atoms thereby causing them to disintegrate, and this happens repeatedly, it is said to be a _______________________.

• nuclear chain reaction
• alpha radiation
• nuclear half-life
• control rod

When uranium is first mined out of the ground, it is called _____________________.

• uranium ore
• plutonium
• milled uranium
• enriched uranium

Nuclear power plants are usually good to operate for about ____________________.

• 30-40 years
• 10 years
• 100 years
• 90 years

The worst nuclear disaster to happen in the United States happened at ________________________  which is located in PA.

• Three Mile Island Nuclear Facility
• Babcock Nuclear Facility
• Mesa Verde Nuclear Facility
• Perry Nuclear Facility

What country are the most nuclear power plants being "planned" and "constructed" in on our planet?

• China
• Russia
• United States
• Germany

At a nuclear power plant, these are referred to as __________________.

• cooling towers
• reactor towers
• smoke stacks
• vapor chambers

What product does a nuclear power plant produce for its customers?

• electricity
• a turbine
• hot water
• steam

What is a negative of using nuclear energy?

• It smells bad

• it's not renewable

• there are no cons

• it's expensive