Nuclear Physics.
What is an isobar?
An atom that has the same mass number (protons+neutrons) but differ in amounts of each
What is the difference between PWR and BWR
Pressurization vs boiling.
In nuclear fission, this element is commonly used as fuel due to its ability to undergo splitting, releasing energy.
What is uranium-235?
What unit did 2 Purdue nuclear physicists invent?
the barn
What two isotopes undergo fusion in a DT reaction?
Duterium and tritium
The most commonly used isotope of hydrogen in fusion reactions, consisting of one proton and one neutron?
Deuterium
One gram of uranium produces the same energy as approximately how much coal.
1 Ton
This is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation.
What is radioactive decay?
The old NE building used to stand where what building stands today?
Lambertus
What two isotopes undergo fusion in a DT reaction?
Duterium and tritium
What term refers to a specific number of nucleons in a nucleus that leads to extra stability such as 2, 8, 20 and 50?
Magic Number
The largest nuclear powerplant in the US.
What is Pall Verde?
What Danish physicist proposed a model of the atom where electrons occupy specific quantized orbits around the nucleus?
Niels Bohr
What year did PUR-1 first go critical? 1960, 1962, 1964, or 1966?
1962
What type of reactor is ITER
Tokamak
What is the Weizacker Formulation used for?
Equation used to estimate the binding energy of a nucleus based on its numbers of protons and neutrons
What country produces the most Nuclear energy in proportion to its total energy production?
France
Name two out of the four factors in the four factor formula.
Fuel utilization factor, resonance escape probability, neutron reproduction factor, fast fission factor
What year did PUR-1 switch to a digital I&C?
2016
The ratio of the fusion energy produced from one liter of seawater to the heat combustion of gasoline of the same volume (3, 25, 353, 706, 1059)
353
Average KE of a thermal neutron in electron volts
0.025 ev
What was the first Nuclear reactor commissioned in the united states.
Shippingport
What is the “Quality Factor”, and what type of radiation has the highest QF?
QF is a number used to effectively describe how much damage a type of radiation can do to living tissue (biological organism). Highest QF: Alpha particles (20)
What does PUMA stand for?
Purdue University Multidimensional Integral Test Assembly
A laboratory plasma with n =10^16 m^-3, kTe = 2 eV, kt = 0.1 eV, and B = 0.3 T has a beta of what? Beta = plasma pressure / magnetic pressure; magnetic pressure = B^2/(2mu0); plasma pressure = nkTe
10^-7