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A 1000 MW fission reactor consumes half of its fuel in 5.00 y. Howmuch `"_92^235U `did it contain initially? Assume that the reactor operates80% of the time, that all the energy generated arises from the fission of 23592 U and that this nuclide is consumed only by the fission process.

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