College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
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Chapter 16, Problem 5P
A certain nuclear power plant has a thermal efficiency e = 0.25. Its rate of heat input from the nuclear reactor is 1300 MW. What would be the reduction in the rate of discarded heat if the plant’s efficiency were increased to e = 0.3?
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