Question: (a) Please show that the energy released in the n'th generation of a fission chain reaction initiated by one fission is given by E,

(a) Please show that the energy released in the n'th generation of 

(a) Please show that the energy released in the n'th generation of a fission chain reaction initiated by one fission is given by E, = k" Eg. In the above equation, k is the multiplication factor and E, is the recoverable %3D energy per one fission. (b) Also show that the total cumulative energy (CE) released up to and including the n'th generation is given by k"+ -1 , ER . k 1 (c) Plot the E, as n for k=1.5 and k=0.95. Assume E, = 200MEV.

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