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32.6 Exercise 19

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The electrical power output of a large nuclear reactor facility is 900 MW. It has a 35.0% efficiency in converting nuclear power to electrical.

(a) What is the thermal nuclear power output in megawatts?

(b) How many 235U^{\text{235}} \text{U} nuclei fission each second, assuming the average fission produces 200 MeV?

(c) What mass of 235U^{\text{235}} \text{U} is fissioned in one year of full-power operation?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 32.6 Fission, exercise 19

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