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    Question No.

    45
    What do you understand by fuel cycle in nuclear plants?
    Answer:
    Fuel cycle a series of sequential steps involved in supplying fuel to a nuclear power reactor. The
    steps include : Mining, refining uranium, fabrication of fuel elements, their use in nuclear
    reactor, chemical processing to recover remaining fissionable material, re-enrichment of fuel
    from recovered material, re-fabrication of new fuel elements, waste storage etc.

    Question No. 46
    What is heavy water and what is its use in nuclear plants?
    Answer:
    Water containing heavy isotopes of hydrogen (Deuterium) is known as heavy water. Heavy
    water is used as a moderator. Heavy water has low cross section for absorption of neutrons than
    ordinary water. Heavy water slows down the fast neutrons and thus moderates the chain reaction.

    Question No. 47
    What is a converter reactor?
    Answer:
    A reactor plant which is designed to produce more fuel than it consumes. The breeding is
    obtained by converting fertile material to fissile material.

    Question No. 48
    Difference between Absorption and Adsorption.
    Answer:
    In absorption, one substance (matter or energy) is taken into another substance. But in adsorption
    only the surface level interactions are taking place.

    Question No. 49
    Difference between Liquid and Aqueous.
    Answer:
    Liquid is a state of matter, while aqueous is a special type of liquid formed by dissolving a
    compound in water
    All aqueous solutions are liquids, but not all liquids are aqueous solutions.

    Question No. 50
    Difference between Gas and Vapour.
    Answer:
    (A) Vapour can turn back and forth into liquid and solid states but a gas cannot.
    (B) Gases cannot be seeing while vapours are visible.
    (C) Vapours settle down on ground while gases do not.
    Question No. 51
    Difference between Boiling Point and Melting Point.
    Answer:
    (A) The melting point is a defined for solids when it transfers from solid state to liquid state.
    (B) The boiling point is defined for liquids for a state change from liquid to gas.

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