//Chapter-3,Example 19,Page 62 clc; close; energy= (100*10^6)*24*3600 //energy comsumed in city in a day in Joule efcy=20/100 //efficiency of reactor energy_r = energy/efcy //energy required per day energy_rl=200*1.6*10^-13 //energy released per nuclide n = energy_r/energy_rl //number of U(235) to be fissioned //6.023*10^26 atoms of U(235) are present in 235 kg //n atoms of U(235) are present in m=235*n/(6.023*10^26) printf('the amount of fule required for one day operation is %.2f kg',m)