Part A. Uranium-235 fission given: energy released = about 200 MeV per individual reaction (mass = 235 amu) Part B. Determine the energy released per kilogram of fuel used. Given MeV per reaction, calculate energy in joules per kilogram of reactants. Consider 1 mole of uranium-235 to be a mole of reactions (molar mass = 235 grams)
Part C. Determine the mass fuel required for the expected energy consumption in the United States for the next 10 years:
Provide the energy use per year in the United States = 3.5 x 10^11 joules. Base your calculations on a current population of 310,000,000