Uranium was used to generate electricity in a nuclear reactor of a nuclear power station. The nuclear reactor was 29% efficient and the power output was 800MW. The fuel used in this plant contained 4% of pure uranium. The plant operated 365 days per year. The average price of the fuel during the first 20 years of operation of the plant was US$12/lb, but in last 20 years of operation, the price spiked to US$65/lb. Calculate the cost of fuel for the lifetime of the plant, 40 years

Acommercial grade cubical freezer, 4 m on a side, has a composite wall consisting of an exterior sheet of 5.0-mm thick plain carbon steel (kst= 60.5 w/m k), an intermediate layer of 100-mm thick polyurethane insulation (kins 0.02 w/m k), and an inner sheet of 5.0- mm thick aluminium alloy (kal polyurethane insulation and both metallic sheets are each characterized by a thermal contact resistance of r 2.5 x 104 m2 k/w. (a) what is the steady-state cooling load that must be maintained by the refrigerator under conditions for which the outer and inner surface temperatures are 25°c and -5°c, respectively? (b) for power saving purpose, which wall material should be increased/reduced in. thickness in order to reduce 50% of the cooling load found in part (a)? redesign the thickness of the proposed material. 177 w/m-k). adhesive interfaces between the q=575.93 w