How Many Grams of U-235 Must Be Fissioned Every Day

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Essay

How many grams of U-235 must be fissioned every day to produce 1000 MW of electricity in a nuclear power plant that is 1/3 efficient? [Assume 208 MeV/fission and 1 MeV = 1.6 × 10−¹³ J]

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