UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Nuclear plant: Pak. refuses to give guarantees to Canada
Q1. The IAEA's role in safeguarding Pakistan's KANUPP reactor was established by a trilateral safeguards agreement signed in 1969. Apart from Pakistan and the IAEA, which country was the third party to this agreement?
- A. Canada
- B. France
- C. United States
- D. United Kingdom
Q2. Which one of the following was Pakistan's first nuclear power reactor, supplied with Canadian assistance and at the centre of the 1976 safeguards dispute?
- A. KANUPP (Karachi)
- B. CHASNUPP-1 (Chashma)
- C. New Labs, PINSTECH (Rawalpindi)
- D. KANUPP-2 (Karachi)
Q3. In the context of the plant Pakistan sought from France in 1976, nuclear 'reprocessing' refers to which one of the following?
- A. Chemically separating plutonium and unused uranium from spent reactor fuel
- B. Enriching natural uranium to raise its U-235 content for fuel
- C. Converting uranium ore concentrate (yellowcake) into fuel pellets
- D. Producing heavy water for use as a reactor moderator
Q4. The 1969 safeguards agreement that brought Pakistan's KANUPP reactor under IAEA monitoring was concluded between how many parties?
- A. Two
- B. Three
- C. Four
- D. Five