A nuclear power plant has an overall efficiency of 31% and a power output of 800MW....

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  1. A nuclear power plant has an overall efficiency of 31% and apower output of 800MW. For one year operating atfull capacity, calculate a) the number of joules produced; b) thenumber of fission events that were required to produce thosejoules; c) the mass of uranium oxide (UO2) that has beenused in fission; and d) the market cost of that uranium oxide if itwas all high quality.

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