Monohar Pandey Solutions for Exercise 5: Exercise 5

The gas-cooled reactor uses the following materials as moderator and coolant:

Hydrogen is preferred as a better coolant in comparison to$\mathrm{CO}2$because the former:

Heavy water production plants are located at:
1. Nangal

2. Talcher

3. Hazira

4. Manuguru
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Consider the following statements:
$1.$In the second stage of the nuclear power program, Fast Breeder reactors (FBRs) use a mixed oxide fuel made from$\mathrm{plutonium}-239,$ recovered by reprocessing spent fuel from the first stage and natural uranium.
$2.$ A $\mathrm{stage}-\mathrm{Ill}$ reactor involves a self-sustaining series of $\mathrm{thorium}-233$ fuelled reactors.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

India is establishing new Nuclear Power plant with foreign nuclear reactor. These nuclear plants will be established at
$1.$ Jaitapur $2.$ Mithi virdi
$3.$ Haripur $4.$ Kowada
Select the correct answer using the codes given below

Match the following
       Isotope                         Use
A. Holmium-166      1. To treat bone cancer
B. Iron-57                2. to find tumor in body
C. Arsenic-74          3. Used in blood as tracer
D. Phosphorus-32   4. To treat joint pains
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Consider the following statements
$1.$India is the largest producer of heavy water.
$2.$ India has the world's largest reserves of thorium.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following countries:
1. China

2. France

3. India

4. Israel

5. Pakistan

Which among the above are Nuclear Weapons States as recognized by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons commonly known as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)?