WorksheetsNuclear Energy
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Nuclear fusion is a(n) ____________ technology.
proven and common
long-time standard
clean, efficient and relatively inexpensive
ideal but so far unachievable
The most likely disaster in a nuclear power plant is that
the plant would explode like a nuclear bomb
cooling systems could fail, causing rapid overheating
fuel rods could fail to maintain chain reactions
nuclear fission would get out of control and cause explosions
Control rods in a nuclear reactor are used to
increase the temperature of the water
provide cooling by decreasing the temperature of the water
absorb neutrons
provide neutrons to initiate reactions
Yucca Mountain, Nevada, is the site of a
leading nuclear free zone
proposed national nuclear waste repository
the most notorious radioactive leak in history
permanent nuclear storage depot managed by the federal government
Nuclear fission occurs when a high-energy subatomic particle, a neutron, strikes a uranium atom, releases energy and
. releases protons
releases an electron in a gamma wave
breaks in half, causing another atom to break
releases additional neutrons
A sample of radioactive waste has a half-life of 10 years and an activity level of 2 curies. After how many years will the activity level of this sample be 0.25 curie?
10 years
20 years
30 years
40 years
In contrast to low-level radioactive waste, most high-level radioactive waste is currently
put into steel drums and dumped into the ocean
incinerated
stored at reactor sites
buried in government landfills
Compared to a coal-fired power plant that produces the same amount of energy, a nuclear power plant generates more
CO2
SO2
particulates
thermal pollution
Which of the following power plants releases the most radioactivity during normal functioning?
Geothermal
Coal-fired powerplant
Nuclear
Hydroelectric
