Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
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Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation
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31-1: Nuclear Reactions, Transmutation
31-2: Nuclear Fission
31-3: Nuclear Fusion
31-5: Dosimetry
31-9: NMR

Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 33
Q

# If a typical house requires 960 W of electric power on average, what minimum amount of deuterium fuel would have to be used in a year to supply these electrical needs? Assume the reaction of Eq. 31–8b.

A
$0.387 \textrm{ g/yr}$

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