For all problems of this assignment consider Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) with Pres

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For all problems of this assignment consider Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) with Pressurized water reactor (PWR). Reactor have following parameters:

Reactor Thermal Power

3000 MWth

Nuclear Power Plant has thermal efficiency

33%

Working Period Between Annual Outages
(Annual refueling and maintanance)

300 Effective Full-Power Days
(EFPD)

Of all Fissions (100%):

Contribution of U-235 fissions:

Contribution of Pu fissions:

65%

35%

Energy produced at each fission of U-235

200 MeV / atom

Conversion Factor

1.6 x 10-19 J/eV

Avogadro Constant

6.023 x 1023 J/eV

Initial Fuel Enrichment (wt% of U-235):

4.0%

Remaining content of U-235 in fuel (wt% of U-235):

1.0%

Amount of uranium that undergo fission in the fuel

4.0%

Reactor Thermal Power

3000 MWth

Nuclear Power Plant has thermal efficiency

33%

Working Period Between Annual Outages
(Annual refueling and maintanance)

300 Effective Full-Power Days
(EFPD)

Of all Fissions (100%):

Contribution of U-235 fissions:

Contribution of Pu fissions:

65%

35%

Energy produced at each fission of U-235

200 MeV / atom

Conversion Factor

1.6 x 10-19 J/eV

Avogadro Constant

6.023 x 1023 J/eV

Initial Fuel Enrichment (wt% of U-235):

4.0%

Remaining content of U-235 in fuel (wt% of U-235):

1.0%

Amount of uranium that undergo fission in the fuel

4.0%

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