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28.6 Exercise 36

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(a) A nuclear power plant converts energy from nuclear fission into electricity with an efficiency of 35.0%. How much mass is destroyed in one year to produce a continuous 1000 MW of electric power? (b) Do you think it would be possible to observe this mass loss if the total mass of the fuel is 104kg10^{4} \text{kg}?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 28.6 Relativistic Energy, exercise 36

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