Fast Breeder Reactors MCQ — 87 Practice Questions with Answers

Q1. Consider the following statements about Fast Breeder Reactors: 1. The PFBR is described as an advanced third-generation reactor. 2. The PIB release mentions inherent passive safety features for PFBR. 3. PIB states that PFBR lacks prompt shutdown capability in an emergency. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q2. Consider the following statements about the resource logic behind India's fast-breeder route: 1. NPCIL links the three-stage programme to judicious use of limited uranium and vast thorium reserves. 2. The programme links the fuel cycles of PHWRs and FBRs. 3. The 2026 PIB backgrounder says the Department of Atomic Energy designed the programme on a closed nuclear fuel cycle. 4. The first stage alone is described by NPCIL as the thorium-utilisation stage using uranium-233/thorium fuel. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q3. Consider the following statements: 1. A breeder reactor produces more fissionable material than it consumes to generate energy. 2. A breeder reactor can employ uranium-238 or thorium, whereas conventional reactors rely on uranium-235 in Britannica's comparison. 3. Britannica describes all large fast breeder power plants as ordinary-water-cooled reactors. 4. In liquid-metal fast breeder reactors, heat can be transported from the core by liquid sodium coolant to heat exchangers. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q4. Consider the following statements about FBTR fuel and capacity: 1. The IAEA description gives FBTR as a 40 MWt/13.2 MWe reactor. 2. FBTR's Mark I core used 70% PuC and 30% UC. 3. FBTR's Mark I core used 70% thorium carbide and 30% uranium carbide. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q5. Consider the following statements: 1. The PFBR uses Uranium-Plutonium Mixed Oxide fuel. 2. The core of PFBR is surrounded by a blanket of Uranium-238. 3. Fast neutrons in the PFBR convert Uranium-238 into Uranium-233. Which of the statements given above are correct?