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The energy released by the fission of a single uranium nucleus is 200 MeV. The number of fission of uranium nucleus per second required to produce 16 MW of power is (Assume efficiency of the reactor is 50%)

A

(a) `2xx10^6`

B

(b) `2.5xx10^6`

C

(c) `5xx10^6`

D

(d) None of these

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The correct Answer is:
D
It means we are getting only 100 MeV of energy by the fission of one uranium nucleus.
Number of nuclei per second
=Energy required per second/Energy obtained by one fission
`=(16xx10^6)/(100xx1.6xx10^-13)=10^18`
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