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In the process of nuclear fission of 1g uranium, the mass lost is 0.90 milligram. The efficiency of power station run by it is `10%`. To obtain 200 megawatt power from the power station, the uranium required per hour is `(c = 3 xx 10^(8))` m/s.

A

24g

B

49 g

C

68 g

D

89g

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