Chemical Engineering :: Nuclear Power Engineering
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The velocity of thermal (slow) neutrons triggering nuclear fission reaction (having energy equal to 0.025 eV) is about __________ metres/second.
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Thermal shield is used in high powered nuclear reactors to
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The half life period of a radioactive substance is best determined by counting the number of alpha particles emitted per second in a Geiger Muller counter from its known quantity. If the half life period of a radioactive substance is one month, then
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Graphite is used in nuclear reactor as
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The half life period of a radioactive element depends on its
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__________ have the same mass number, but different nuclear charge.
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Absorption/scattering cross-section of an element is expressed in "barn", which is equivalent to
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The most commonly used nuclear fuel in boiling water reactor is