Question

1.Naturally occurring uranium minerals are converted to yellowcake in the milling process. Yellowcake is:
a) Uranium-238
b) Uranium Hexaflouride UF₆
c)Uranium Oxide U₃O₈
d)Uranium Dioxide UO₂

2.How much Uranium (in kg) would a 900 MW plant use per year if the "fuel burnup" rate is 45 MW days/kg of Uranium?

3.How much heat can be released (in Joules) by the fission of every atom in 1 kg of Uranium U235 assuming 198 MeV average energy release per fission? Use conversion factor 1.6E-19 J/eV

Answer 1