QUESTION BANK

Subject Name

Nuclear Engineering

Degree & Branch

B.E-MECHANICAL ENGGINEERING

QUESTIONS

1. What is nuclear engineering?

2. What are advantages of nuclear engineering?
3. What is mean by nuclear model?
4. What is mean by nuclear fission and fusion?
5. Define radio activity
6. Explain energy binding in nuclear
7. Briefly explain mechanism of nuclear fission and fusion
8. Briefly explain Nuclear fuel cycles and its characteristics
9. Define chain reactions
10. Briefly explain production and purification of Uranium, Zirconium, thorium,
beryllium.
11. what is reprocessing
12. what is nuclear fuel cycles
13. Role of solvent extraction in reprocessing
14. What is the solvent extraction equipment? Explain
15. what is nuclear reactors

16. Briefly explain types of fast breeding reactors

17. Briefly explain Reactor shielding.
18. what is fusion reactors
19. Briefly explain Safety and disposal of nuclear
20. what are the nuclear plant safety
21. Briefly explain Changes and consequences of accident-criteria for safety
22. Radiation hazards and their prevention
23. Estimate the ratio of the surface energy term per nucleon for Ca to that of Pb
24. How the energy is released in nuclear reaction?
25. Explain the properties of nuclei
26. Explain the properties of nuclear states
27. Properties of proton and neutron