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Atomic Reactors



1.            Nuclear power is the fourth largest source of electricity in India after thermal, hydro and renewable source of electricity.

2.            The first atomic reactor in India is Apsara  in Trombay (Maharashtra).

3.            World’s first fast breeder reactor named KAMINI (Kalpakam Mini reactor) in 1985 at  Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu.  The fuel used in this reactor in mixed Uranium-plutonium Carbide.

4.            The early reactors were knows as atomic piles.

5.            Heavy water, graphite and neutrons are used as moderator in nuclear reactors.

6.            India’s first atomic PowerStation at Tarapore in Maharashtra.

7.            Nuclear reactors are used for the emission of fast neutrons, for the production of radio isotopes for the generation of electricity.

8.            The reactors in which energy is produced by the fission of U235 by slow neutrons are called thermal reactors.

9.            Coolant is fluid used in nuclear reactors to remove the heat produced in the core.

10.          The coolant used in fast breeder reactors is generally liquid sodium.

11.          Heavy water is used as a coolant as well as a moderator for nuclear reactors.

12.          Heavy water, graphite or beryllium- oxide are used a moderators to slow down the neutrons.

13.          The main source of solar energy is nuclear fusion.

14.          The fast breeder reactor gets its name from the fact that it utilizes excess free neutrons to breed new fissionable material.

15.          Cadmium rod is used in a reactor to absorb neutrons.

16.          William Frank Libby discovered carbon dating.

17.          Coal is the most important raw materials for thermal power plants.

18.          Cobalt-60 is commonly used in radio therapy because it emits bets rays which has more energy than X-rays.

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