Power Me Up Scotty: Global Nuclear Options as Green Energy

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1. Question
How much electricity in the U.S. is generated by nuclear power? Approximately:
- a) 15 percent
- b) 20 percent
- c) 30 percent
- d) 35 percent
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2. Question
How much of the world’s electricity is generated by nuclear power? Approximately:
- a) 3 percent
- b) 7 percent
- c) 11 percent
- d) 15 percent
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3. Question
Nuclear energy is produced in a process called:
- a) Fission
- b) Fusion
- c) Splitting
- d) Critical mass
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4. Question
Decommissioning a nuclear power facility means it is:
- a) Closed
- b) Decontaminated
- c) Dismantled
- d) All of the above
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Which of the following statements is not true about China:
- a) The government proactively supports expansion of the nuclear power industry
- b) Nuclear reactors currently generate 25 percent of China’s electricity
- c) The push for increasing nuclear power capacity is to reduce the use of coal-fired power plants
- d) 70 percent of China’s nuclear plants are less than 10 years old
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India is currently not focused on developing nuclear power because:
- a) It requires a significant financial investment of $1.6 trillion
- b) The government’s priorities are alleviating poverty and generating economic growth
- c) It currently cannot access foreign technology for historical reasons, slowing development of nuclear power facilities
- d) All of the above
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7. Question
The World Nuclear Association’s Harmony Programme set a goal for the percent of the world’s electricity to be produced by nuclear power facilities by 2050. What percent did it set?
- a) 15 percent
- b) 20 percent
- c) 25 percent
- d) 30 percent
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8. Question
The smallest Small Modular Reactors are expected to produce how much electricity?
- a) 200 megawatts or less
- b) 300 megawatts or less
- c) 400 megawatts or less
- d) 500 megawatts or less
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9. Question
Which of the following describes the advantages of SMRs?
- a) Has a small size so can be located almost anywhere
- b) Modular construction so built off-site with factory produced components
- c) Can deliver electricity to people in hard-to-reach places where infrastructure is lacking
- d) All of the above
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The NuScale Power SMR:
- a) Produces 100 percent carbon free energy
- b) Is not adaptable to changing energy requirements, so does not integrate well with solar and wind power
- c) Relies on AC or DC power for safety reasons
- d) Is not modular, so must be build on-site like larger nuclear reactors
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Load following capability means:
- a) Scaling of the power generation system
- b) Automatically shutting down when system is overloaded
- c) Varying output as needed to support system demand
- d) None of the above
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12. Question
People fear nuclear power facilities because they believe:
- a) The facilities have a high risk for accidents that harm human health
- b) The ability to perform the fission process enables a country to produce nuclear weapons
- c) The nuclear power facility and reactor process harms the environment
- d) All of the above
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123 Agreements:
- a) Disallow nuclear cooperation agreements between the U.S. and another country
- b) Prohibit the transfer of nuclear material, equipment, and components between the U.S. and another country
- c) Promote nuclear cooperation and nonproliferation of nuclear weapons
- d) Allow limited nuclear weapons development
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Environmental Progress research statistics indicate nuclear power generated electricity between 1995 and 2018
- a) Declined by 7 percent
- b) Declined by 15 percent
- c) Increased by 7 percent
- d) Remained level
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15. Question
Uranium seawater extraction could make nuclear power:
- a) A sustainable energy source
- b) A renewable energy source
- c) An environmentally harmful process because it pollutes seawater
- d) None of the above
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