How much uranium consumed to produce enough electricity


(a) How much 235^U is consumed per year (in g/y) to produce enough electricity to continuously run a 100 W light bulb? (b) How much coal (in g/y) would be needed (coal has a heat content of about 12 GJ/ton)? Assume a conversion efficiency of 33% of thermal energy into electrical energy.

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