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Where, in a nuclear power station, is uranium used up?
In a nuclear power station, uranium is used as fuel in the reactor to produce heat.
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- What is a nuclear reactor? What is the fuel used in a nuclear reactor?With the help of a labelled diagram, describe the working of a nuclear power plant.How is the working nuclear reactor of a power plant shut down in an emergency?Name five places in India where nuclear power plants are located.
- An uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction forms the basis of:(a) nuclear power plant (b) hydrogen bomb (c) thermal power station (d) atom bomb
- Which of the following is used as a moderator in the reactor of a nuclear power station?(a) liquid sodium (b) boron (c) graphite (d) carbon dioxide
- The energy in the reactor of a nuclear power station is produced by the process of:nuclear diffusionnuclear fissionnuclear fusionnuclear fermentation
- The energy produced during controlled __________ reactions is used for generating electricity at nuclear power plants.
- Give one example of a radioactive isotope which is used as a fuel in the reactors of nuclear power plants.
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- Which product of the nuclear fission of uranium-235 is utilised to cause further fission of its nuclei?
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