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What is a nuclear reactor? What is the fuel used in a nuclear reactor? (b) With the help of a labelled diagram, describe the working of a nuclear power plant.

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(a) What is a nuclear reactor? What is the fuel used in a nuclear reactor?

(b) With the help of a labelled diagram, describe the working of a nuclear power plant.

(c) How is the working nuclear reactor of a power plant shut down in an emergency?

(d) Name five places in India where nuclear power plants are located.

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(a) Nuclear reactor is a device designed to maintain a chain reaction producing a steady flow of neutrons generated by the fission of heavy nuclei. Uranium-235 is used as a fuel in a nuclear reactor.

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(c) By inserting the boron control rods fully into the reactor.

(d) Five places in India where nuclear power plants are located are:

(i) Tarapur.

(ii) Kalpakkam.

(iii) Narora.

(iv) Kaprapur.

(vi) kaiga.

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