United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority - Quiz
  • 1. Which government department is the UKAEA an executive non-departmental public body of?
A) Department for Business and Trade
B) Department of Energy and Climate Change
C) Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
D) Ministry of Supply
  • 2. What is the primary research focus of the UKAEA?
A) Wind turbine development
B) Solar panel efficiency
C) Fusion energy
D) Nuclear fission weapons
  • 3. Where are the UKAEA's fusion energy research programmes located?
A) Harwell, Oxfordshire
B) Culham, Oxfordshire
C) Springfields
D) Aldermaston
  • 4. What does JET stand for?
A) Joint Engineering Torus
B) Joint European Torus
C) Joint Experimental Torus
D) Joint Energy Technology
  • 5. How much energy was produced in the record-breaking DTE3 experiment?
A) 19 megajoules
B) 41 megajoules
C) 69 megajoules
D) 59 megajoules
  • 6. When was the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority established?
A) 1954
B) 1971
C) 1982
D) 1961
  • 7. Who was the first chairman of the UKAEA?
A) Sir Christopher Hinton
B) Sir William Penney
C) Sir John Cockcroft
D) Sir Edwin Plowden
  • 8. Which group was led by Sir Christopher Hinton at the formation of the UKAEA?
A) Commercial Group
B) Industrial Group
C) Research Group
D) Weapons Group
  • 9. What major change occurred to the UKAEA following the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1971?
A) It was privatized entirely
B) It was split into three parts
C) It was dissolved
D) It merged with the Ministry of Defence
  • 10. Which company took over the production of medical and industrial radioisotopes in 1971?
A) The Radiochemical Centre Ltd
B) AEA Technology
C) British Nuclear Fuels Ltd
D) Nirex
  • 11. Which act transferred management of the UK's nuclear deterrent to the Ministry of Defence?
A) Atomic Energy Authority (Weapons Group) Act 1973
B) Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954
C) Atomic Energy Authority Act 1995
D) Atomic Energy Authority Act 1986
  • 12. What was the purpose of Nirex, created in 1982?
A) To float the company on the London Stock Exchange
B) To manage the nuclear deterrent
C) To produce weapons-grade plutonium
D) To develop and operate radioactive waste disposal facilities
  • 13. What change did the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1986 introduce?
A) It privatized the entire authority
B) It eliminated all research divisions
C) It put the authority into trading fund mode
D) It moved the authority under the Ministry of Supply
  • 14. What company was created for the commercial parts of the UKAEA following the 1995 Act?
A) AEA Technology
B) Nirex
C) Amersham plc
D) British Nuclear Fuels Ltd
  • 15. How many employees did the UKAEA have by 1961?
A) 41,000
B) 10,000
C) 20,000
D) 59,000
  • 16. Which location is owned by the UKAEA and developed for science and innovation-based business?
A) Capenhurst
B) Springfields
C) Windscale
D) Culham Science Centre
  • 17. How much fuel was used to achieve the record 69 megajoules in the DTE3 experiments?
A) 0.2 milligrams
B) 1.0 milligrams
C) 0.5 milligrams
D) 5.0 milligrams
  • 18. What was the duration of high fusion power in the DTE3 experiments?
A) 10 seconds
B) 1 second
C) 5 seconds
D) 59 seconds
  • 19. When did the UK Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary become the Civil Nuclear Constabulary?
A) 1 April 2008
B) 1 April 2004
C) 1 April 2009
D) 1 April 2005
  • 20. At which facility was the Authority a contractor for decommissioning work alongside Dounreay and Harwell?
A) Dorset
B) Oxfordshire
C) Windscale
D) Sellafield
  • 21. When was UKAEA Limited formed to focus on decommissioning and restoration?
A) 1 April 2008
B) 1 October 2009
C) 2 February 2009
D) 1 April 2005
  • 22. Which entity was formed to operate the Dounreay site?
A) Sellafield Ltd
B) Dounreay Site Restoration Limited
C) Research Sites Restoration Limited
D) UKAEA Limited
  • 23. What is the acronym for the robotics centre created by UKAEA in 2014?
A) CCFE
B) RACE
C) DSRL
D) RSRL
  • 24. When did the Materials Research Facility open at Culham?
A) 2023
B) 2014
C) 2016
D) 2009
  • 25. The Oxfordshire Advanced Skills centre is an apprentice training facility for which organization?
A) UKAEA
B) RSRL
C) NDA
D) Babcock International
  • 26. What is the centrepiece of the CCFE's programme?
A) The RACE robotic system.
B) The National Nuclear Users' Facility.
C) JET nuclear fusion device.
D) MAST Upgrade spherical tokamak experiment.
  • 27. Which facility is responsible for operating and maintaining the Joint European Torus (JET)?
A) Henry Royce Institute.
B) Oxfordshire Advanced Skills.
C) CCFE.
D) Manufacturing Technology Centre.
  • 28. What does the Materials Research Facility perform on radioactive materials?
A) Micro-characterisation.
B) Biological decontamination.
C) Nuclear fuel enrichment.
D) Waste disposal.
  • 29. The Materials Research Facility is part of which national facility group?
A) National Nuclear Users' Facility.
B) Culham Science Centre Network.
C) Global Fusion Consortium.
D) International Robotics Alliance.
  • 30. Which institute provided funding for the Materials Research Facility?
A) Culham Energy Board.
B) United Kingdom Robotics Council.
C) Henry Royce Institute.
D) Science & Technology Facilities Council.
  • 31. What does RACE stand for?
A) Robotic Advancement in Culham Engineering.
B) Remote Applications in Challenging Environments.
C) Research Applications for Challenging Environments.
D) Robotics and Autonomous Centre for Engineering.
  • 32. What was the origin of the RACE facility?
A) Nuclear fission waste management.
B) Apprentice training programmes.
C) Plasma theory and modelling studies.
D) Remote handling operations at the JET device.
  • 33. When did the remote handling operations at JET begin?
A) The 1990s.
B) The 1980s.
C) The 1970s.
D) The 2000s.
  • 34. When did the Materials Research Facility open its extension?
A) 14th of October 2021.
B) 1st of January 2020.
C) 14th of October 2022.
D) 14th of October 2019.
  • 35. How much funding has been allocated to the STEP programme?
A) £10 million
B) £500 million
C) £220 million
D) £100 million
  • 36. By which year is the STEP powerplant expected to be operational?
A) 2025
B) 2050
C) 2040
D) 2030
  • 37. In which county is the Winfrith site located?
A) Oxfordshire
B) Dorset
C) Cheshire
D) South Yorkshire
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