An accident in a fuel reprocessing plant, caused by improper mixing of 235^U, pr

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An accident in a fuel reprocessing plant, caused by improper mixing of 235^U, produced a burst of fission energy liberating energy equivalent to the detonation of 7 kg of TNT (4.2 GJ/ton = 4.6 kJ/g). About 80% of the fission products were retained in the building, (a) How many fissions occurred? (b) Three months after the accident, what is the rate (W) at which energy is released by all the fission products left in the building?

An accident in a fuel reprocessing plant, caused by improper mixing of 235^U, produced a burst of fission energy liberating energy equivalent to the detonation of 7 kg of TNT (4.2 GJ/ton = 4.6 kJ/g). About 80% of the fission products were retained in the building, (a) How many fissions occurred? (b) Three months after the accident, what is the rate (W) at which energy is released by all the fission products left in the building?

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7 kg of TNT (4.2 GJ/ton = 4.6 kJ/g) u must give the fusion enegy of uranium then only i can calculate If it is x then enrgy for each no of fussions will be 7*10^*4.6 Kj/x0.8 will give ono of fussions

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