At typical nuclear power plants, refueling occurs every 17 months. Assuming that a plant has operated...
At typical nuclear power plants, refueling occurs every 17 months. Assuming that a plant has operated continuously since the last refueling and produces 1.2 GW of electrical power at an efficiency of 27%, how much less massive are the fuel rods at the end of the 17 months than at the start? (Assume 30-day months.)
In this problem, can you explain why you set up E=ET/.27 and not E=ET(.27)?
Homework Answers
In this problem,
Efficiency = output energy/input energy
27% = 1.2 GW/input energy
Therefore, input energy= 1.2GW/0.27
I hope it is clear now that why we use E/0.27 and not (E × 0.27) in this problem.
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