1. A typical 1000 megawatt coal-fired power plant requires about 2.7 million tons of coal per year. A fusion plant of the kind envisioned by this project would use how many kilos of fuel per year? (Note that 1 kilo is about 2 pounds)

2. Suppose a reactor has a Q-value of 20. If 1 million joules of energy are used to make a fusion reaction, how much energy would be output from the reactor in the form of useful energy such as electricity?

3. The current Q-record value for a fusion is 0.67. If the ITER works as envisioned, what will be it's Q-value?

4. Explain how nuclear fusion reactions may generate radioactive nuclear waste.

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