Nuclear Fission: Nuclear energy vs weapons

What would happen if you burned Uranium-235?

• It would burn

• nothing

• a normal explosion

• a nuclear bomb

How many years did the Manhattan Project (atomic bomb) take?

• 15

• 1

• 10

• 5

True or false: Uranium Dioxide can be used as a weapon

• True

• False

If something went wrong during fission in a nuclear plant, what would happen?

• a nuclear meltdown

• The reaction would stop

• Nothing

• a nuclear explosion

What type or chain reaction is a nuclear weapon?

• Controlled

• Uncontrolled

• Fusion

• None of these

True or false: Not all neutrons created through fission will induce another fission reaction

• True

• False

Which process releases energy in a controlled environment over years

• Nuclear power plants

• Atomic Bombs

• Fusion

• Nuclear Weapons

Which process releases energy in less than a second

• Nuclear Power plants

• Nuclear weapons

• Fusion

• The sun