Confirm that each of the reactions listed for plutonium breeding just following Example 32.4 conserves the total number of nucleons, the total charge, and electron family number.

Data from Example 32.4

Calculate the amount of energy produced by the fission of 1.00 kg of ²³⁵U, given the average fission reaction of ²³⁵U produces 200 MeV.

Strategy

The total energy produced is the number of ²³⁵U atoms times the given energy per therefore find the number of ²³⁵U atoms in 1.00 kg. ²³⁵U fission. We should