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Is the cooling water in a nuclear reactor radioactive?
 

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Important Questions on Nuclear Physics

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A fission reaction is given by U92236Xe54140+Sr3894+x+y , where x and y are two particles. Considering U92236 to be at rest, the kinetic energies of the products are denoted by KXe, KSr, Kx(2 MeV) and Ky2 MeV , respectively. Let the binding energies per nucleon of U92236, Xe54140  and Sr3894 be 7.5 MeV, 8.5 MeV, and 8.5 MeV respectively. Considering different conservation laws, the correct option(s) is (are)
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Explain the principle and working of a nuclear reactor with the help of a labelled diagram.
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Rewrite and complete the following nuclear reaction by filling in the atomic number of Ba and mass number of Kr:

U92235 +n01 Ba___144+Kr36___ + 3 n01 + Energy

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A nuclear fission is said to be critical when multiplication factor of k
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If the energy released in the fission of one nucleus is 3.2×10-11 J, then number of nuclei required per second in a 16 kW power plant is
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When a uranium isotope U92235 is bombarded with a neutron, it generates Kr3689, three neutrons and:
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For pair production i.e. for the production of electron and positron, incident photon must have minimum frequency of the order of -
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35X88 is an unstable isotope which decays in two successive steps to produce stable isotope of           35X88IZII36Y87. The correct statement (s) is/are:

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The energy released per fission of a 92U235 nucleus is nearly
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Nuclear fission can be explained based on

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Nuclear fission can be explained based on
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Which one is correct about fission?
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The average translational kinetic energy depends only on _____ temperature.
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_____ are used at nuclear power plants to generate electricity and also used in nuclear marine propulsion.
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Coolant in a nuclear reactor is used to remove _____generated from it. 
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Nuclear fission can be explained based on

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An atomic power nuclear reactor can deliver 300 MW. The energy released due to the fission of each nucleus of the uranium atom U238 is 170 MeV. The number of uranium atoms fissioned per hour will be?

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_____are considered to be relatively safe because the fuel is already dissolved in liquid and they operate at lower pressures than do conventional nuclear reactors ?