A reactor consumes of in uniform fission over one day

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Problem

A reactor consumes

1\,\text{kg}

^{235}\text{U}

in uniform fission over one day. If each fission releases on average

200\,\text{MeV}

of energy, estimate the average power output of the reactor (take

1\,\text{u}=1.66\times10^{-27}\,\text{kg}

and Avogadro number

N_A=6.02\times10^{23}\,\text{mol}^{-1}

). (a)

95\,\text{MW}

(b)

950\,\text{MW}

(c)

9.5\,\text{MW}

(d)

9.5\,\text{GW}