A nuclear reactor is designed to deliver 4 MW power. Nuclear fuel consists of Uranium-235 to run the reactor with amount of energy released per fission 200 MeV. Calculate amount of fuel needed (in grams) to run the reactor at designed rating with 100% efficiency for one year.
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Energy per fission
In time 
year 
energy delivered 
Number of fission required 
Mass of uranium required
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