In a nuclear reactor, Plutonium (Pu) is used as fuel, releasing energy by its fission into isotopes of Barium (46Ba) and

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In a nuclear reactor, Plutonium (Pu) is used as fuel, releasing energy by its fission into isotopes of Barium (46Ba) and

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In A Nuclear Reactor Plutonium Pu Is Used As Fuel Releasing Energy By Its Fission Into Isotopes Of Barium 46ba And 1
In A Nuclear Reactor Plutonium Pu Is Used As Fuel Releasing Energy By Its Fission Into Isotopes Of Barium 46ba And 1 (568.84 KiB) Viewed 121 times
In a nuclear reactor, Plutonium (Pu) is used as fuel, releasing energy by its fission into isotopes of Barium (46Ba) and Strontium Sr) through the reaction 23⁹Pu+n-146 Ba + Sr+3× n 91 56 +38 The binding energy (B.E.) per nucleon of each of these nuclides is given in the table below: 239. 91 Nuclide Pu Ba PuBa Sr B.E. per nucleon (MeV) 7.6 8.2 8.6 Using the information, one can estimate the number of such fission reactions per second in a 100 MW reactor as :- (A) 3.9 × 10¹8 (B) 7.8 x 1018 (C) 5.2 × 1019 (D) 5.2 × 1018 FRAN
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