Assume ordinary soil contains natural uranium in amounts

Chapter 30, Problem 30.1

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Assume ordinary soil contains natural uranium in amounts of 1 part per million by mass. (a) How much uranium is in the top 1.00 m of soil on a 1-acre (43 560-ft2) plot of ground, assuming the specifi c gravity of soil is 4.00? (b) How much of the isotope 235U, appropriate for nuclear reactor fuel, is in this soil? Hint: See Appendix B for the percent abundance of 23 92 5U.

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