ACTIVITY #___Academic Standards:  3.1, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8       Name: __________________________

   PRE-TEST NUCLEAR KNOWLEDGE:                                   Period: ______ Date:`__________   SCORE:____ / 25

MATCHING: MATCH THE PERCENTAGE OF U.S. ELECTRICAL POWER PRODUCED WITH THE ENERGY SOURCE USED TO PRODUCE THE ELECTRICAL POWER IN 2002.  (Pico curies- trillionth of a curie)

_______1. OIL                                               A.   20 %

_______2. HYDROELECTRIC                  B.    3 %

_______3. NUCLEAR                                  C.  50 %

_______4. COAL                                          D.  16 %

_______5. NATURAL GAS                         E.    2 %

_______6. RENEWABLES                         F.    7 %

_______7. What is the containment in a nuclear plant?

                        a. The large parabolic-shaped tower that has water vapor(looks like steam) coming out of it

                        b. The domed building that houses the nuclear reactor and other primary components

                        c. The reactor that contains the nuclear fuel

                        d. None of the above.

_______8. What are atoms made of?

                        a. Molecules

                        b. Protons, neutrons, and electrons

                        c. Chemicals
                        d. None of the above.

_______9. What is fission?

                        a. Joining of two atoms to form a larger atom

                        b. The splitting apart of an atom

                        c. The splitting apart of a neutron

                        d. None of the above.

_______10. What is the fuel in a commercial nuclear power plant?

a. Uranium-232 or U-232                
b. Plutonium

                        c. Uranium-235 or U-235
                        d. None of the above.

_______11. How is steam related to electricity?

a. Steam has nothing to do with electricity                         
b. Steam turns the turbine that spins the generator that produces electricity

                        c. Steam is used to fission uranium to produce electricity
                        d. None of the above.

_______12. What component produces steam in a nuclear power plant?

a. The turbine-generator                 
b. The steam generator

                        c. The nuclear reactor
                        d. None of the above.

_______13. In a fossil or nuclear power plant what does the turbine generator do?

                        a. generates steam by turning a turbine from nuclear fission or burning fossil fuels to
                            produce electricity.

                        b. Generates the steam used to produce electricity

                        c. Uses the steam to turn the turbine. The spinning turbine then runs the generator that
                            produces electricity.
                        d. None of the above.

_______14. From the list below, select the term that is defined by: The process that allows a self-
                    supporting fission rate to be maintained by fissions producing neutrons that go on to
                    produce more fissions.

a. Nuclear reaction               
b. Critical reactor

                        c. Nuclear chain reaction

                        d. Radiation

e. Power production 

_______15. What component holds the nuclear fuel?

a. The containment              
b. The reactor

                        c. The steam generator

                        d. None of the above.

_______16. In a pressurized water reactor, normal plant operating temperatures of the primary coolant water are greater than 500 degree F.  Under normal plant operating conditions, the primary coolant water at this temperature boils.?

a. False                      
b. True

_______17- 20. From the list below, select three barriers that protect the public from the release of fission
                     products associated with nuclear power generation?

a. Reactor vessel                   
b. Reactor coolant system including components and piping

                        c. Borated water

                        d. Fuel pellets and fuel rod cladding

e. Containment building                  
f. Control Room

_______21-22. From the list below, select the method that a plant control room operator uses to control the nuclear fission process in the reactor during normal plant operations. Select all that apply.

a. Increase or decrease the boric acid concentration                    
b. remove or add a fuel assembly

                        c. Insert or withdraw control rods (poison rods)

                        d. Add cold or hot water to the secondary system

e. Remove or add uranium  

23- 25. List the three main system categories in a pressurized water reactor.

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Bonus: Which energy source gives us the most Kwh for the smallest mass? _______________________