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10.5 Exercise 8

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

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

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

(c) What mass of 235U^{235} \text{U} is fissioned in 1 year of full-power operation?

OpenStax University Physics Volume 3, 10.5 Fission, exercise 8

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