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What slams into a reactor core to shut it down fast?

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  1. 1 Easy

    Which country gets about two-thirds of its power from nuclear?

    Answer: France

    Why: France's reactor boom began with the 1974 Messmer plan, launched in answer to the 1973 oil crisis.

  2. 2 Medium

    Which country raised the first international alarm over Chernobyl?

    Answer: Sweden

    Why: Radioactive dust from Chernobyl turned up on a worker's shoes at Sweden's Forsmark nuclear plant, setting off its detectors.

  3. 3 Hard

    What did Germany's never-used Kalkar reactor become?

    Answer: Amusement park

    Why: Its old cooling tower now carries a climbing wall outside and a swing ride inside.

  4. 4 Easy

    What color glow surrounds reactor fuel kept under water?

    Answer: Blue

    Why: Called Cherenkov radiation, the blue light comes from particles moving through water faster than light travels in water.

  5. 5 Medium

    What does a reactor's moderator do to neutrons?

    Answer: Slows them down

    Why: Slow neutrons split uranium-235 far more easily than fast ones, so slowing them helps keep the chain reaction going.

  6. 6 Hard

    How much of nuclear waste by volume is high-level?

    Answer: About 3%

    Why: That small high-level share holds about 95% of all the radioactivity in civil nuclear waste.

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