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07/08/2021 12:46 pm
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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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07/08/2021 12:49 pm
(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.