Model Question Paper

Final Assessment Test (FAT)

Fall Semester (2019-2020)

Course Title::Nuclear Power Engineering (MEE2027) Class Number (s): VL2018191003600

Slot: F1+TF1 Total Marks : 100

Answer any 10 questions out of 12

General Instructions (if any):

Q.
Question Text Max. Marks
No.
1. Explain the following with neat sketch 10

(i) Nuclear fuel cycle

(ii) Neutron life cycle

2. Solve the following, 10

(i) Gold-198 has a half-life of 2.7 days. How much of a 96 g sample of gold-
198 will be left after 8.1 days?

(ii) What is the half-life of a 100.0 g sample of nitrogen-16 that decays to

12.5 g of nitrogen-16 in 21.6 s?

(iii) If the half-life of uranium-235 is 7.04 X 108 y and 12.5 g of uranium-

235 remain after 2.82 X 109 y, how much of the radioactive isotope was in
the original sample?

(iv) An isotope of Technetium has a half-life of 6 hours. If it is given to a

patient as part of a medical procedure, what fraction of the radioisotope
remains in the body after one day?

3. Expound the following briefly with appropriate diagrams, 10

(i) Diffusion length

(ii) Slowing down length and

(iii) Moderating ratio.

4. Deliberate the structural material requirements for 10

(i) Thermal reactors and

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 (ii) Fast reactors

5 Compare the flow and temperature development in thermal reactors and 10

fast reactors.

6 Discuss the parameters considered for the design of a 220 MWe 10

pressurised Heavy water Reactor (PHWR)?

7 Find the fully developed heat transfer coefficient and the Nusselt number 10
for sodium flow (k = 70.2 W/m-K) through the fuel sub-assembly. The 217-
pin sub-assembly having pin diameter 6.6 mm and length of the fuel pin
1000 mm. The fuel pin triangular pitch is 8.28 mm and gap between the
hexagon and the outer fuel in is 2.53 mm. The average clad and fluid
temperatures are 859 K and 848.4 K at the outlet of the sub-assembly. The
constant heat flux applied on the surface the fuel pins are 1600 kW/m 2.

8 Discuss the following terminology with respect to fast reactors 10

(i) Thermal Striping
(ii) Thermal Stratification
9 State long term effects and beneficial effects of nuclear radiation. 10

10 Explain about the various methods of radiation detection. 10

11 Describe in detail about the partial flow blockages in the fuel sub- 10
assemblies of liquid metal cooled fast breeder reactor.
12 Describe in detail about the three stage Indian nuclear programme and its 10
energy potential.

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