A. Uranium
B. Uranium oxide
C. Uranium carbide
D. Magnesium diuranate
Related Mcqs:
- Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) engaged in the mining & concentration of uranium ore is located at_______________?
A. Alwaye (in Kerala)
B. Jadugoda (in Jharkhand)
C. Kalpakkam (in Tamilnadu)
D. Gopalpur coast (in Orissa) - Enrichment of uranium is done to increase the concentration of ______________ in the natural uranium?
A. U-238
B. U-233
C. U-235
D. Pu-239 - In the gaseous diffusion process of uranium enrichment, the natural uranium is converted into gaseous ________________?
A. Uranium oxide
B. Uranium hexafluoride
C. Uranium carbide
D. Uranium sulphate - Nuclear fuel generally used in reactors is uranium oxide instead of uranium, because the former has higher _____________________?
A. Melting point, hence can be subjected to higher temperature
B. Density; hence core volume for a given power output would be smaller
C. Resistance to effects of irradiation
D. All A., B. and C. - Extraction of uranium from its ore is done by ______________ method?
A. Chemical
B. Pyrometallurgical
C. Physical beneficiation
D. Electrometallurgical - Extraction of uranium from its ore is done using ______________ methods?
A. Electrometallurgical
B. Pyrometallurgical
C. Chemical
D. Physical beneficiation - U-235 content in enriched uranium, that is normally used in power reactors (e.g., at Tarapur atomic power plant), is about _____________ percent?
A. 85
B. 50
C. 3
D. 97 - The electric power generation cost in nuclear power plant is less than that in a coal based thermal power plant, mainly because the________________?
A. Fuel cost per unit power generated is less
B. Thermal efficiency of the former is higher
C. Maintenance cost of the former is less
D. None of these - Percentage of U-238 in natural uranium is around__________________?
A. 0.71
B. 99.29
C. 0.015
D. 29.71 - Uranium percentage in monazite sand is about________________?
A. 0.01
B. 0.25
C. 1.2
D. 7
