For Tuesday asnwer the following:
A typical fusion reaction produces 17.5 MeV per reaction and requires a deuteron with atomic mass 2 and a tritium nucleus with atomic mass 3. In other words an Avogadro's number of the reactions requires 5 grams of fuel.
How much fuel must be consumed per hour in a power plant that produces 1 billion watts at an efficiency of 33%? .
How many kg of this fuel would be consumed to produce the 1E20 J we estimated the US uses per year?
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