(Solved): The per capita consumption of electrical energy in Ireland is approximately 20kWh daily. If this wer ...

The per capita consumption of electrical energy in Ireland is approximately

daily. If this were provided by fission of U-235 yielding

of useful energy per each atom undergoing fission, with

of the heat wasted, how much natural uranium in grams would each person use per day? (Note: abundance of U-235 is

by weight - i.e. natural uranium contains

) Assume the daily

of electricity from part (a) were provided by deuterium fusion reaction

with

of the heat wasted. How much water

in grams would have to be processed in order to extract enough deuterium

for each person use per day? (Note: abundance of

is

by weight - i.e. natural hydrogen contains

deuterium). Suppose the

of electricity form part (a) were produced by a power plant burning natural gas with

of heat wasted. Natural gas is, essentially, methane,

, and its higher heat of combustion is

. The methane combustion reaction is

Calculate the theoretical daily amount of natural gas combusted and the daily amount of

emitted to generate the

of electricity.