Breeding plutonium produces energy even before any plutonium is fissioned. (The primary purpose of the four nuclear
Question:
Breeding plutonium produces energy even before any plutonium is fissioned. (The primary purpose of the four nuclear reactors at Chernobyl was breeding plutonium for weapons. Electrical power was a by-product used by the civilian population.) Calculate the energy produced in each of the reactions listed for plutonium breeding just following Example 32.4. The pertinent masses are
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
m(239U) = 239.054289 u, m(239 Np) = 239.052932 u, and m(239 Pu) = 239.052157 u.
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