Advanced Placement (AP)

Cantrell

15 January, 13:05

1. How is nuclear power different from power generated by fossil fuel combustion?

Nuclear power produces much less carbon dioxide gas to the atmosphere.

Nuclear power does not require mining and disruption of the land.

We have fewer supplies of nuclear fuel than we have of fossil fuels.

2. Almost all nuclear waste is categorized as

low-level waste

transuranic waste

high-level waste

3. The front end stage of the nuclear fuel cycle involves the

mining and enrichment of uranium

placement of fuel assemblies in the reactor core

disposal of nuclear waste

4. Which of the following is used as a moderator and to carry away excess heat in a nuclear reactor?

water

carbon dioxide gas

uranium

5. Control rods can be taken away from a nuclear reactor to make the fission reaction

take place at lower temperatures

convert to a fusion reaction

go faster