Deck 9: Nuclear Energy and Waste Disposa

Question 1

Which of the following represents the annual average load?

A)(kwh supplied in a day)/24
B){(kwh supplied in a day)/ 24 } × 365
C){(kwh supplied in a month)/(30 x 24)
D)(kwh supplied in a year) / (24 × 365)

Answer 1

(kwh supplied in a year) / (24 × 365)

Question 2

The load factor is ______

A)always less than unity
B)less than or greater than 1
C)always greater than 1
D)less than zero

Answer 2

always less than unity

Question 3

A 400 MW nuclear power station would produce a equivalent radium of

A)100 tons daily
B)1000 tons daily
C)500 tons daily
D)10 tons daily

Answer 3

100 tons daily

Question 4

Moderate liquid nuclear wastes are disposed into ______  

A)deep pits
B)buried underground
C)left into rivers
D)left into deep oceans

Question 5

Which type of disposal of nuclear waste is cheapest and easiest method of all?

A)ground
B)air
C)space
D)water

Question 6

What are the ways in which most of radio activeness is removed?

A)infusing them with other metal
B)neutralizing them by diluting in chemical solutions
C)storing them
D)segregating them into small packs

Question 7

What is the approx cost of disposing nuclear waste into sea per cubic meter?

A)50 rs
B)300 rs
C)500 rs
D)1000 rs

Question 8

LLW stands for ______    

A)low level water
B)low laser width
C)low level waste
D)loss of levels in water