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Chemistry
Electric Power Plants
Safety
Catastrophies
Grab Bag
100
This is the element that is used to create nuclear energy
What is Uranium
100
This is where the water goes after it moves through the turbine.
What is the condenser.
100
This is a material used in the shipping cask to protect the spent fuel rods. Name one of the materials
What are steel, lead, neutron shield, impact absorber.
100
How many people sustained injuries due to the partial meltdown at 3 mile island?
What is 0
100
What is the percentage of fissionable material used in reactor grade (for a nuclear power plant)?
What is 3%
200
This is the form of Uranium that creates a nuclear reaction.
What is U-235
200
This moves the turbines connected to the generator
What is steam
200
These are meant to allow an operator to stop or slow a reaction and therefore keep the temperature where it should be.
What are control rods.
200
The average radiation dose that three mile island gave to people in the surrounding 10 miles of the plant.
What is 8 millirem, the equivalent of a chest x-ray
200
An alternative form of energy that is being researched where two atoms come together to create energy.
What is Nuclear Fusion.
300
This is the percentage of fissable uranium that is weapon's grade
What is 90%
300
This is where nuclear waste was stored for many years until only recently when this location was shut down.
What is Yucca mountain.
300
A reason discussed in class identifying why nuclear waste recycling would pose a threat to our national security
What is theft
300
This is the name of the Japanese city where a nuclear meltdown occurred in 2011
What is Fukushima.
300
These countries account for most of the rise in energy consumption around the world
What are non-OECD countries
400
This is a byproduct of nuclear energy production, and has 239 nuetrons
What is Plutonium-239
400
Nuclear power plants account for this percentage of the United State's energy consumption
What is 19-20%
400
What is the name of the material surrounding the nuclear rods?
What is a moderator
400
Reason for the Chernobyl disaster
What is blatant disregard for safety.
400
The most common form of uranium on earth.
What is U-238
500
This is the amount of energy that comes out of nuclear fission compared to what is put in to create the reaction.
What is 200,000,000x
500
Water stays in liquid form, even at high temperatures because of this
What is high pressure?
500
The name for the state of the reaction once it gets so far out of hand that it can no longer be stopped.
What is a runaway.
500
This moderator was used in the Chernobyl Reactor core and is allows for more aggressive energy production than water.
What is a Graphite Moderator.
500
This is the fuel source for nuclear fusion
What is Hydrogen