Q1: It has been planned to use Thorium fuel (Th232) in a nuclear power station instead of Uranium (U235). Find the power produced by fissions of 5 grams of this Th232 per one day. Mass number of Thorium is 232. Assume the number of fissions required for 1 watt-second in Th232 =6.2 10¹⁰. *

Q1: It has been planned to use Thorium fuel (Th232) in a nuclear power station instead of Uranium (U235). Find the power produced by fissions of 5 grams of this Th232 per one day. Mass number of Thorium is 232. Assume the number of fissions required for 1 watt-second in Th232 =6.2 10¹⁰. *

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Q1: It has been planned to use Thorium fuel (Th232) in a nuclear power station instead of
Uranium (U235). Find the power produced by fissions of 5 grams of this Th232 per one day.
Mass number of Thorium is 232. Assume the number of fissions required for 1 watt-second in
Th232 6.2 10¹⁰.

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