Parts of a Power Plant
Fission vs Fusion
Half Life
Characteristics of Radiation
Disasters
100
Removes heat from the core
What is coolant
100
The splitting of a nucleus into two or more smaller stable nuclei.
What is fission
100
the time required for half the atoms of a radioactive nuclide to decay
What is half life
100
This type of particle can be blocked by paper
What is Alpha Particle
100
This nuclear power plant in the USSR had a meltdown due to the lack of safety precautions
What is Chernobyl
200
The machine that uses steam to generate usable electricity
What is a turbine
200
combining of two nuclei to form one nucleus of larger mass.
What is fusion
200
Mf = Mi (1/2)^n The Mf represents this part of the half life equation
What is the final mass
200
The charge of a gamma particle
What is 0
200
This nuclear accident in Japan was caused by a tsunami.
What is Fukishima
300
this material is used as shielding, which is the material that absorbs radiation
What is metal or concrete
300
The type of reaction that occurs in stars
What is fusion
300
A 50.0 g sample of Nitrogen - 16 decays to 12.5 g in 14.4 seconds. Its half life is this
What is 7.20 g
300
This type of emission emits an electron
What is Beta emission
300
The worst nuclear accident in US history occurred on this island
What is Three Mile Island
400
You shoot these at the fuel to start the chain reaction in the nuclear power plant
What is neutrons
400
Reaction in which the starting material is also one of the products and can start another reaction.
What is a chain reaction
400
The half-life of Zn-71 is 2.4 minutes. If one had 100.0 g at the beginning, this is how many grams they would have left after 7.2 minutes have elapsed
What is 12.5g
400
Potassium-38 decays into Argon-38 and this particle (Use your reference table)
What is a positron
400
The first atomic bomb was dropped here
What is Hiroshima
500
this is used to slow down the fast neutrons produced by fission.
What is the moderator
500
The fuel used in fission reactions in a nuclear power plant
What is Uranium - 235
500
Pd-100 has a half-life of 3.6 days. If one had 6.02 x 10^23 atoms at the start, this is how many atoms would be present after 20.0 days
What is 1.28x10^27
500
Thorium - 230 decays into an alpha particle and this other nuclide
What is Radium - 226
500
This type of poisoning was common in all nuclear disasters
What is radiation poisoning
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