Chapter 43: Problem 44
The United States uses about 1.4 \(\times\) 10\(^1$$^9\) J of electrical energy per year. If all this energy came from the fission of \(^2$$^3$$^5\)U, which releases 200 MeV per fission event, (a) how many kilograms of \(^2$$^3$$^5\)U would be used per year, and (b) how many kilograms of uranium would have to be mined per year to provide that much \(^2$$^3$$^5\)U? (Recall that only 0.70% of naturally occurring uranium is \(^2$$^3$$^5\)U.)
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