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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