A. Uranium-238
B. Thorium-232
C. Plutonium-239
D. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- Fast breeder nuclear reactors using enriched uranium as fuel may contain upto a maximum of ____________ percent of U-235 (i.e. fissile material)?
A. 15
B. 45
C. 65
D. 85 - Thermal nuclear reactors using enriched uranium as fuel contains a maximum of ____________ percent fissile material i.e. U-235?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 7 - “Critical mass” is the minimum mass of nuclear fissile material required for the__________________?
A. Sustainment of chain reaction
B. Power generation on commercial scale
C. Economic power generation
D. None of these - Which is not a fissile nuclear material ?
A. U-233
B. U-235
C. U-238
D. Pu-239 - “Critical mass” is the minimum mass of nuclear fissile material required for the_______________________?
A. Sustainment of chain reaction
B. Power generation on commercial scale
C. Economic power generation
D. None of these - Which of the following is a non-fissile material ?
A. Plutonium-239
B. Uranium-235
C. Uranium-233
D. Thorium-232 - Thorium-232 (a fertile material) on absorption of a neutron gets converted into ___________ , which is a fissile material?
A. Thorium-233
B. Uranium-235
C. Uranium-233
D. Plutonium-239 - Out of the following places, a nuclear power plant is not located at______________?
A. Talcher (Orissa)
B. Kaiga (Karnataka)
C. Rawatbhata (Rajasthan)
D. Kalpakkam (Tamilnadu) - Which of the following is not used as a nuclear fuel cladding material ?
A. Zircaloy
B. Cadmium
C. Ceramics
D. Stainless steel - Which of the following is a moderating material used in nuclear reactor ?
A. Graphite
B. Cadmium
C. Zircaloy (an alloy of zirconium and aluminium)
D. Stainless steel
