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To generate a power of `3.2` mega watt, the number of fissions of `U^235` per minute is.
(Energy released per fission `= 200 MeV, 1 eV = 1.6 xx 10^-19 J`).

A

`6xx10^(18)`

B

`6xx10^(17)`

C

`10^(17)`

D

`6XX10^(16)`

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