// Scilab code Exa13.1 : : Page-600 (2011) clc; clear; E = 200*1.6023e-13; // Energy released per fission, joule E_t = 2; // Total power produced, watt R_fiss = E_t/E; // Fission rate, fissions per sec m = 0.5; // Mass of uranium, Kg M = 235; // Mass number of uranium N_0 = 6.023e+26; // Avogadro's number, per mole N = m/M*N_0 // Number of uranium nuclei E_rel = N*E/4.08*10^-3; // Energy released, kilocalories printf("\nThe rate of fission of U-235 = %4.2e fissions per sec \nEnergy released = %e kcal", R_fiss, E_rel); // Result // The rate of fission of U-235 = 6.24e+010 fissions per sec // Energy released = 1.006535e+010 kcal