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Question 1: Tritium is produced in ________ by neutron activation of lithium-6.
Nuclear reactor technologyNuclear powerUraniumPlutonium

Question 2: According to IEER's 1996 report about the ________, only 225 kg of tritium has been produced in the US since 1955.
Energy policy of the United StatesOffice of Electricity Delivery and Energy ReliabilityOffice of Energy Efficiency and Renewable EnergyUnited States Department of Energy

Question 3: As for the mass flux of tritium through the main stem of the Mississippi River into the ________, data indicated that approximately 780 grams of tritium has flowed out of the River and into the Gulf between 1961 and 1997.
Mediterranean SeaAtlantic OceanCaribbean SeaGulf of Mexico

Question 4: This is why ________ (so-called failed stars) cannot burn hydrogen, but do burn deuterium.
White dwarfBrown dwarfStellar classificationSupernova

Question 5: High-energy neutrons irradiating ________-10 will also occasionally produce tritium.
AluminiumBoronCarbonUranium

Question 6: This takes the place of ________, which can cause bone cancer and has been banned in most countries for decades.
PlutoniumPoloniumUraniumRadium

Question 7: Also, 17O emits an ________ on capture, producing radioactive carbon-14.
ElectronAlpha decayAlpha particleAtom

Question 8: 17O makes up .038% of natural ________, which has an overall absorption cross section of .28 millibarns.
HeliumNitrogenHydrogenOxygen

Question 9: While tritium has several different experimentally-determined values of its half-life, ________ recommends 4,500±8 days (approximately 12.33 years).
Bureau of Industry and SecurityNational Institute of Standards and TechnologyNational Technical Information ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Question 10: limit is calculated to yield a dose of 4 mrem (or 40 microsieverts in ________) per year.
International System of UnitsConversion of unitsSystems of measurementMetric system
















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