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In a boiling water reactor (BWR), ____.
 
 

a. water under high-pressure is used to cool the reactor core
  b. not as much control of the fission chain reaction is necessary as in PWRs
  c. the reactor cores are bathed in low-pressure water that boils to form steam when it comes in contact with the fuel assemblies
  d. radioactive contamination outside the building is unlikely



Question 2

Uranium is a very dense element. In fact, if a bucket of water weighed eight pounds, the same size bucket of uranium would weight about ____ pounds.
 
 

a. 15 c. 150
  b. 50 d. 250



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Reply #1 on: Jul 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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