Suppose that a thermal water reactor is designed to run on Pu-239 instead of U-235. Estimate the amount of plutonium that must be burned each day to produce 3000 MW of thermal power Suppose that a...

Suppose that a thermal water reactor is designed to run on Pu-239 instead of U-235. Estimate the amount of plutonium that must be burned each day to produce 3000 MW of thermal power

Suppose that a reactor fuel assembly is capable of producing 16 MW of energy every second. How much of this energy is not recoverable and does not show up in the form of heat? Where does this additional energy go?