Question

Problem 7: Exelon’s Robert Emmett Ginna NPP operates at a net electric output of 470 megawatts. The overall efficiency of the plant is 32.3 %. Approximately 60 % of the NPP’s power comes from fissions of ²³⁵U nuclei, the reminder from fissions in converted plutonium, mostly ²³⁹Pu. If the plant was operated at full power for 1 year, how many kilograms of ²³⁵U and ²³⁹Pu would be:

1. Fissioned?
2. Consumed?

Answer 1