// Scilab Code Ex12.1 Rate of consumption of U-235 per year: Pg:246 (2008) e = 1.6e-019; // Energy equivalent of 1 eV, J/eV amu = 1.6e-027; // Mass of a nucleon, kg P_out = 250e+06; // Output power of nuclear reactor, J/s E = 200e+06*e; // Energy released per fission of U-235, J n = P_out/E; // Number of fissions per second m = 235*amu; // Mass of a nucleon, kg m_sec = m*n; // Consumption per second of U-235, kg m_year = m_sec*365*24*60*60; // Consumption per year of U-235, kg printf("\nThe rate of consumption of U-235 per year = %5.2f kg", m_year); // Result // The rate of consumption of U-235 per year = 92.64 kg