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How much coal gives same energy as 1kg of uranium fuel pellets?
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∙ 14y ago
I have a figure but this is for 1 kg of Uranium 235, normally reactor fuel is about 4 percent of this isotope, so the amount of coal would be divided by 25 if we are talking about uranium as used in PWR or BWR reactors. Also this figure is for complete use of the U235, whereas for practical reasons of maintaining reactor performance, fuel is unloaded and replaced before it is all used up.
So bearing in mind the above, 1 kg of U235 will produce as much energy as 1500 tons of coal.
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1kg of U235 (3,75%) has 83,14 TJ/kg. 1J=1Ws (3600Ws=1Wh). 1TJ=1000GJ=1 mio MJ
1kg of coal has 6000Wh/kg. I get 3850tons.
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Uranium fuel pellets used in nuclear power station produce far more energy per kilogram than the energy produced by burning coal How much coal has to be burnt to produce the same amount of energy?
1 kg uranium 235 = 3 000 t coal
How much coal has to be burnt to produce the same amount of energy as it is generated by a kilogram of uranium fuel pellets?
7 g of 235U is equivalent to approx. 20 t coal. For 1 kg of 235U - approx. 3 000 t coal.
Which yields more energy - one kilogram or uranium or one kilogram of coal?
The uranium has nuclear energy and the coal has chemical energy. Nuclear is thousands of times more powerful.
Does uranium contain more energy than coal?
yes uranium contains a lot more energy than coal and that is one of the reasons that people prefer nuclear power to fossil fuel power but like coal uranium is not! renewable
How much coal would be burnt to equal potential energy in one pellet of Uranium?
You don't say how big your pellet is. 1 kg of uranium 235 will give as much energy as 1500 tonnes of coal
Uranium fuel pellets used in nuclear power station produce far more energy per kilogram than the energy produced by burning coal How much coal has to be burnt to produce the same amount of energy?
1 kg uranium 235 = 3 000 t coal
Is coal uranium a renewable energy resource?
Coal and uranium are not renewable resources of energy.
How much coal has to be burnt to produce the same amount of energy as is generated by a kilogram of uranium fuel pellets?
7 g of 235U is equivalent to approx. 20 t coal. For 1 kg of 235U - approx. 3 000 t coal.
How much coal has to be burnt to produce the same amount of energy as it is generated by a kilogram of uranium fuel pellets?
7 g of 235U is equivalent to approx. 20 t coal. For 1 kg of 235U - approx. 3 000 t coal.
Which yields more energy - one kilogram or uranium or one kilogram of coal?
The uranium has nuclear energy and the coal has chemical energy. Nuclear is thousands of times more powerful.
Does uranium contain more energy than coal?
yes uranium contains a lot more energy than coal and that is one of the reasons that people prefer nuclear power to fossil fuel power but like coal uranium is not! renewable
2 main sources of energy?
Coal and uranium
Which yields more energy - one kilogram of uranium or one kilogram of coal?
Uranium
Is uranium clean?
Uranium is a radioactive element; uranium is also a toxic element. But the nuclear energy based on uranium is cleaner than the energy based on coal or oil.
Compare the energy produced during fission of a uranium atom with the energy produced from combustion of carbon atom from coal?
The energy density of Uranium is 2,715,385 greater than an equal amount of coal
How coal equals one ounce of uranium?
They burn the coal in factories and use the heat energy but in uranium we take one atom and break it. It will release lot of heat energy.
How much coal has to be burnt to produce the same amount as is generated by a kilogram of uranium fuel pellets?
1 kg of 235U = 3 000 t coal
