Concordia University

PHYS 273

LESSON 8

1)T or F: Spent nuclear fuel has been used up and therefore is no longer radioactive.

2. Canada has approximately what percentage of the world’s known uranium resources?
3. Currently there are no large scale fusion reactors for energy generation because…
4. Which of the following is not emitted after a fission reaction?
5. Currently how many long term storage facilities are there for nuclear reactor waste?
6. What country has the most total electricity produced through nuclear power?

7. At the current rate of use, known uranium deposits would last approximately?
8. Per TWh of energy produced, which method of energy production has the lowest fatality rate?
9. What country has the highest percent of their electricity generated through nuclear power?
10. T or F: Per atom, chemical reactions release millions of times more energy than nuclear reactions.
11. The number of which type of particles needs to be regulated in order to control the chain reaction in a fission reactor?
12. According to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission study what is the probability that on of the 104 reactors operating in the U.S. will have a large release incident over its 30 year lifetime?
13. Most energy released in a fission reaction from uranium-235 is what type of energy?
14. T or F: The total fraction of energy generated by nuclear power worldwide is predicted to increase by _____

15. To get the same amount of energy from uranium and coal, much less uranium needs to be mined because…
16. T or F: it is possible under the right conditions for a nuclear reactor to explode in a manner similar to a nuclear weapon.
17. A breeder reactor is a reactor that…
18. According to the current projections the total amount of electricity produced through nuclear power in Canada by 2040 will…
19. Per TWh of energy produced, which method of energy production has, by far, the highest fatality rate?
20. Which country is projected to have the largest increase in nuclear energy by 2040?