Calculate the amount of coal required to produce the same energy as that (1 mathrm{~kg}) of U-235.

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Calculate the amount of coal required to produce the same energy as that \(1 \mathrm{~kg}\) of U-235. (Assume coal contains 100\% carbon and that combustion of 1 atom of carbon gives \(4 \mathrm{eV}\) and fission of an atom of U-235 gives \(200 \mathrm{MeV}\) ).

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