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a) Estimate the decay heat load from a 3000 MWt reactor at oneday, one week, one month, and one year after shutdown from a 2-yearrun. b) Estimate the rate of heat up in a reactor core that haslost all of its coolant. Consider the decay heat loads found above.Assume the heat capacitance of the dry reactor core is 16,500Btu/°F.

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a Et 76103 Pt08 tT08 T08 where Et Energy after period of t days in MWtday P reactor power in MWt T Period for which the reactor has run in days After 1 day E1    See Answer
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