The reason a nuclear reactor will not explode like a bomb is because ________
a. the uranium-235 enrichment is too low.
b. there is not enough uranium-238 present.
c. the cooling water will always take away the heat
d. there are control rods present
e. …nonsense! It can explode like a bomb in the event of a loss of coolant accident
a
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a. isobaric. b. isothermal. c. isovolumetric. d. adiabatic.
A 83 g steel ball is released from rest and falls vertically onto a steel plate. The ball strikes the plate and is in contact with it for 0.5 ms. The ball rebounds elastically, and returns to its original height
The time interval for a round trip is 4.00 s. In this situation, assume the plate does not deform during contact. The maximum elastic energy stored by the ball is closest to: A) 16 J B) 24 J C) 32 J D) 48 J E) 64 J
The planet that rotates on its side is
• •(a) Earth •(b) Jupiter •(c) Mars •(d) Uranus
When subsurface ground material is completely saturated with water, we call it
A) the water table. B) groundwater. C) the saturated zone. D) the unsaturated zone.