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Find out the mass of Uranium required per day to generate 10 MW power from the fission of 92 U^235

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Q. A nuclear reactor generates

500 M W

of electrical energy using the fission of

_{92} U^{235}

. Find the mass of

_{92} U^{235}

required to produce electricity for 30 days at the same rate.

(0.1% of the mass of

_{92} U^{235}

gets converted into energy).

Q. The energy released per fission of Uranium is 200 MeV. Determine the number of fission per second required to generate 2MW power.

Q. How many nuclei of

_{92} U^{235}

should undergo fission, per second, to produce a power of

10 M W

200 M e V

of energy is released per fission of

_{92} U^{235}

?

200 MeV

energy is released when one nucleus of

U^{235}

undergoes fission. The number of fissions per second required for producing a power of

16 MW

_{92}^{235}

U that has to undergo fission each day to provide 3000 MW of power each day is:

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