// Scilab code Ex7.11: Pg:307 (2008) clc;clear; P = 3.2e+07/1.6e-013; // Power developed by the reactor, MeV E = 200; // Energy released by the reactor per fission, MeV n = P/E; // Number of fissions occuring in the reactor per second, per sec N = n*1000*3600; // Number of atoms or nuclei of Uranium 235 consumed in 1000 hours // Since the number of atoms in 235 g of Uranium is 6e+023 M = N/6e+023*235/1000; // Mass of Uranium 235 consumed in 1000 hours, kg printf("\nThe number of atoms of Uranium 235 undergoing fission per second = %4.1e ", N); printf("\nThe mass of Uranium 235 consumed in 1000 hours = %4.2f kg ", M); // Result // The number of atoms of Uranium 235 undergoing fission per second = 3.6e+024 // The mass of Uranium 235 consumed in 1000 hours = 1.41 kg