- •Unit 4 nuclear energy physics of nuclear energy
- •Match the words with their definitions:
- •Skim the text to check your ideas.
- •Physics of uranium and nuclear energy
- •Jumbled sentences. Arrange the sentences in the summary in a logical order.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the proper active or passive form of the verb. Mind the Tenses.
- •Find and learn Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •Find and learn English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •Translate the following article from English into Russian.
- •Prepare a presentation on one of the following topics
- •1. Write a description of
- •Nuclear power reactors
- •1. Match the words with their definitions:
- •1. Before you watch, think about of the stages of creating energy by a nuclear reactor. What are they?
- •2. Skim the text to check your ideas.
- •Nuclear power reactors
- •Http://www.World-nuclear.Org/info/inf32.Html (updated March 2011)
- •Read the text carefully and answer these questions according to the information in the text.
- •Combine the following pairs of sentences into one using a participle.
- •Underline the correct participle floating nuclear power plants
- •Find and learn Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •Find and learn English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •Translate the following article from English into Russian. The Advantages of Nuclear Energy
- •Work in pairs and take it in turns to ask and answer these questions
- •Using the scheme describe how the reactor works
- •Match the words with their definitions:
- •Skim the text to check your ideas.
- •Pros and cons of nuclear energy
- •Generating Nuclear Power
- •System Analysis of a Nuclear Power Plant
- •Introspection
- •Japan - a Wake Up Call?
- •Read the text carefully and answer these questions according to the information in the text.
- •Fill in the gaps with the proper article if necessary Nuclear radiation - a risk?
- •Find and learn Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •Find and learn English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •Work in pairs and take it in turns to ask and answer these questions
Prepare a presentation on one of the following topics
Neutron Capture: Transuranic elements & activation products
Fast Neutron Reactors
Control of Fission
Fission in uranium exploration
Uranium enrichment
Laser isotope separation
1. Write a description of
Constituents of Atomic Nuclie
Physical Quantities Which Are Conserved in Nuclear Reactions
The Nuclear Shell Model
Nuclear power reactors
1. Match the words with their definitions:
1) pressurized (adj.) |
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a)with increased concentration or abundance of one component or isotope in (a solution or mixture); concentrated |
2) split (v.) |
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b)a fluid used to cool a system or to transfer heat from one part of it to another |
3) enriched (adj.) |
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c)with increased pressure on (a fluid) |
4) malfunction (n.) |
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d)the process of preventing the plasma in a controlled thermonuclear reactor from reaching the walls of the reaction vessel, usually by confining it within a configuration of magnetic fields |
5) coolant (n.) |
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e)a slim cylinder of metal, wood, etc.; stick or shaft |
6) core (n.) |
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f)a material, such as heavy water or graphite, used for slowing down neutrons in the cores of nuclear reactors so that they have more chance of inducing nuclear fission |
7) rod (n.) |
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g)the region of a nuclear reactor in which the reaction takes place |
8) moderator (n.) |
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h)to function imperfectly or irregularly or fail to function |
9) containment (n.) |
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i)to separate or be separated from a whole |
1. Before you watch, think about of the stages of creating energy by a nuclear reactor. What are they?
2. Now watch and find out how nuclear energy is produced to bring electricity to homes with information from a science teacher on nuclear energy and science lessons. While watching take notes of the stages of producing energy
3. Now you will listen to the teacher again and read the script of his presentation. There are some gaps in the script. Try to fill the text using the words and expressions in the box before listening. Now listen again and check your answers
WITHIN MATRIX CADMIUM RODS THE BASIC CORE A MODERATOR
A CHAIN REACTION GRAPHITE AN EMERGENCY BANG
HEAVY HYDROGEN BLOWS UP
ACTUALLY FUEL RODS SLOTS CONTROL RODS CAREFUL
THE NEUTRONS ROTATE THIS IS HOW CARBON ABSORBS TO PRODUCE STEAM
Hi I'm Steve Jones, and I'm going to briefly tell you how nuclear energy is produced. Now obviously this is not a drawing of a nuclear power station, simply because it's a very complex thing. But it's 1. __________ a very simple process. 2. ________the nuclear reactor at the center you have the reactor itself, which contains 3. ________. These are usually Uranium or Plutonium. And these fuel rods are in 4. ________ in a large 5. _______, in between the fuel rods are things called 6. __________. This is a material, sometimes 7. _________, carbon in the form of 8. __________. Or sometimes heavy water, that is water but made of 9. _________. These act as a moderator. This altogether produces what we call 10. ____________ which makes the whole thing get very hot. And if it gets too hot it 11. _____________. So you've got to be a bit 12. ___________, and what you have is coming in from the top can be lowered in these 13. ___________. These are 14. ____________, and the ability of the cadmium rods is to stop the reaction happening. It 15. __________ neutrons and it's neutrons that make this thing work, the cadmium absorbs 16. ___________, shuts the reactor down. So in 17. ______________, in come the rods and it shuts it down. So this is 18. _____________ of the reactor and all the reactor is doing is producing heat. So it gets hot, it heats water, that water then is used 19. ___________ to drive turbines, and the turbines 20. ____________ electrical generators, and the electrical generators generate of course electricity for us to use in our homes. So 21. ___________ nuclear energy is produced.
1. You are going to read an article about nuclear power reactors. Discuss with your partner the following questions.
What types of nuclear reactors do you know?
What are the main components common to nuclear reactors?