Nuclear power stations

12 questions

1. What is a power station?
2. On average, which type of power station generates most of the electricity in the UK?
3. Match each of the following parts of a fossil fuel power station to the correct function.
4. Sort the following stages of electricity generation in a fossil fuel power station into the correct order.
5. Which of the following are advantages of fossil fuel power stations?
6. Which of the following statements about geothermal power stations are correct?
7. What happens during nuclear fission in a nuclear power station?
8. What is a chain reaction in a nuclear power station?
9. Which of these is a key similarity or difference between a nuclear and fossil–fuel power station?
10. Match each of the following components of a nuclear power station to the correct functions.
11. Sort the following stages of electricity generation in a nuclear power station into the correct order.
12. What is the difference between the moderator and the control rod in terms of their effect on neutrons?

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