MCQ Solution: Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation
Assuming an average energy of 200 MeV per fission, calculate the number of fissions per second needed for a 500 megawatt reactor. (1MeV is 1.60 x 10-13 Joules ) Assume (unrealistically) an efficiency of 100%.
1) 1.50 x 1024
2) 1.56 x 1019
3) 1.45 x 1022
4) 2.50 x 106