A (electrical) power station uses as fuel

PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Nuclei · Nuclei

Problem

1000\,\text{MW}

(electrical) power station uses

_{92}^{235}\text{U}

as fuel. Its overall efficiency is

30\%

and the energy released per fission is

200\,\text{MeV}

. Calculate the approximate mass of uranium consumed in one day. (Given: Avogadro’s number

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

, molar mass of

_{92}^{235}\text{U}=235\,\text{g mol}^{-1}

1\,\text{eV}=1.6\times10^{-19}\,\text{J}