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WorksheetsNuclear Power
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
The first nuclear power plant was built in __
Russia
New York
Shippingport PA
Japan
One fuel pellet is as much power as ___
One barrel of oil
one train-car of coal
150 gallons of gas
one light bulb
The element used in nuclear power is __
Plutonium
Uranium 235
Radium
Pitchblende
The process of generating nuclear power is called ___
Nuclear Nucleus
Nuclear Fusion
Nuclear Fission
Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Pick the item which is NOT part of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle.
Mining / Milling
Refining
Enrichment / Reprocessing
Pressurization
The bright powder which concentrated Uranium is also called ___
Yellow Cake mix
Chocolate cake
Refined Corn Sugar
Yellow-Cake
Radium
Sometimes spent nuclear fuel can be reused in a process called
Refining
Milling
Reprocessing
Enriching
The center of a nuclear power plant is called the __
Power core
Fuel rods
The Turbine
The Reactor
Nuclear Fission relies on starting and maintaining a ___
Continuous force
A chain reaction
A spinning turbine
A waterfall
Nuclear reactors make heat, which warms water into steam, which turns a _______
Waterwheel
Windmill
Hydroelectric Plant
Turbine
The National Nuclear Repository was supposed to be at __
Las Vegas , Nevada
New York, NY
Fukushima, Japan
Yucca Mt. Nevada
Three Mile Island was in ___
New York
Japan
Pennsylvania
Russia
What year was the 3 mile island accident?
1990
2011
2019
1979
What year was Chernobyl?
1990
1979
1986
2019
Where was Chernobyl?
Japan
Russia
Pennsylvania
New York State
The Fukushima-Daiichi accident occurred in __
New York
Pennsylvania
Japan
Russia
Two things happened to cause the Fukushima accident were ____
A Flood and a Fire
An Earthquake and Fire
A Flood and a Tsunami
A Tsunami and a Earthquake
What country is #1 in Nuclear power?
Russia
France
The USA
China
Pick the item below which is NOT a concern about nuclear power.
Terrorists
Location concerns
Safety concerns
Long-Term Health concerns
Containment facilites
Pick the item which is an advantage of nuclear power
It costs a lot of money to build
it produces no carbon dioxide
Is makes waste that lasts thousands of years
Transporting nuclear waste can be a problem
The average cost of nuclear power is ___
2.00 a kilowatt hour
$300 a kilowatt hour
2 cents a kilowatt hour
no money a kilowatt hour
TRUE or FALSE - Nuclear power was a result of World War I.
True
False
This is what happens when nuclear fuel is used up.
Reprocessing
Is placed in storage
Is used again
Is sent to Trump's wall
The price of Uranium per pound is ___
.2 cents
$46.00
$96.00
$100,000
The proposed nuclear repository was supposed to be Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
TRUE
FALSE
The U.S. generates ___ of their power using Nuclear power
20%
90%
100%
2%
Pick the item which is NOT a greenhouse gas
Nitrous Oxide
Water Vapor
Carbon Dioxide
Methane
They all ARE
What is yellowcake?
A yummy treat
Purified Uranium Ore
A from of cake
None of these
This is the % of power in the U.S. produced by Nuclear.
100
50
20
About 2
How long are fuel rods in used storage?
100 years
one year
20 years
5-7 years
Pick the item which is NOT a natural source of radiation.
Minerals in the ground
Cosmic rays from space
X-Ray machines
Radon in the air
Who licences nuclear power plants?
The FDA
The FFA
Mr. Mendoza
The NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Pick one which is NOT a change from global climate change?
Polar Ice Melt
Rising Sea Levels
Loss of Coastline
Loss of Small Islands
They ALL are
The amount of carbon in the atmosphere has increased __ since the industrial revolution
100%
200%
2000%
40ish%
The trapping of heat in the atmosphere is called the __
Coriolis Effect
Greenhouse Effect
Derma Effect
Warming Effect
Mining uranium from the ground makes Nuclear power __
Efficient
Powerful
Renewable
Non-Renewable
This Nuclear Disaster happened in Japan in 2005
Chernobyl
Fukishima-Daiichi
3 Mile Island
Shippingport, PA
This Nuclear Disaster happened in New York in 1979
Chernobyl
Fukishima-Daiichi
3 Mile Island
Shippingport, PA
This Nuclear Disaster happened in Russia in 1986
Chernobyl
Fukishima-Daiichi
3 Mile Island
Shippingport, PA
The amount of radiation the Average American gets in a year is __
1000 Rems
2000 millirems
620 millirems
None
