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Estimate the minimum amount of `._(235)^(92)U` that needs to undergo fission in order to run a `1000 MW` power reactor per year of continuous operation. Assume an efficiency of about `33` percent.

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To solve the problem of estimating the minimum amount of Uranium-235 that needs to undergo fission to run a 1000 MW power reactor continuously for a year, we can follow these steps: ### Step 1: Determine the required output power Given: - Required power output = 1000 MW - Efficiency of the reactor = 33% We can find the actual power input required using the formula: ...
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CENGAGE PHYSICS ENGLISH-NUCLEAR PHYSICS-Exercise 5.2
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  2. A radioactive sample has a mass m, decay cosntant lambda, and molecul...

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  3. Calculate the time taken to decay 100 percent of a radioactive sample...

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  4. The activity of a sample of radioactive material is R(1) at time t(1)a...

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  5. A .(92)^(238)U undergoes alpha decay. What is the resulting daughter n...

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  6. Is the sulphur isotope .(16)^(38)S likely to be stable?

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  7. Determine the average .^(14)C activity in decays per minute per gram o...

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  8. Radium 226 is found to have a decay constant of 1.36 xx10^(-11) Bq. ...

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  9. A bottle of red wine is thought to have been sealed about 5 years ago....

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  10. A radio nuclide A(1) with decay constant lambda(1) transforms into a r...

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  11. Consider the beta decay of an unstable .(6)^(14)C nuleus initially at ...

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  12. The atomic mass of uranium .(92)^(238)U is 238.0508 u, that of throium...

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  13. Refer to illustration 5.10, the energy released by the alpha - decay o...

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  14. Estimate the minimum amount of .(235)^(92)U that needs to undergo fiss...

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  15. The isotope .6^(14)C is radioactive and has a half-life of 5730 years ...

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  16. The half-life of the radioactive nucleus .(86)^(226)Ra is 1.6 xx10^(3)...

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  17. Radon, .(86)^(222)Rn, is a radioactive gas that can be trapped in the ...

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  18. The .(88)^(226)Ra nucleus undergoes alpha-decay to .(86)^(222)Rn. Calc...

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  19. Calculate the energy released when three alpha particles combine to fo...

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  20. (a) Find the energy needed to remove a neutron from the nucleus of the...

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