I ran across this old 1950s film about uranium prospecting:
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Around the 1:07 mark, it claims that "2 ounces of uranium 235 can produce as much electrical energy as 800 carloads of coal."
I know uranium is a very efficient fuel. But, that number seemed a bit high to me. So, I tried to do my own calculations:
According to some Googling:
2 ounces of Uranium produces as much energy as about 170 tons of coal, or so.
A single coal car can contain about 116 tons of coal.
Therefore, it seems, 2 ounces of uranium can only produce about as much energy as 1.5 carloads of coal. Not 800.
Is my math right, or am I missing something?
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Around the 1:07 mark, it claims that "2 ounces of uranium 235 can produce as much electrical energy as 800 carloads of coal."
I know uranium is a very efficient fuel. But, that number seemed a bit high to me. So, I tried to do my own calculations:
According to some Googling:
2 ounces of Uranium produces as much energy as about 170 tons of coal, or so.
A single coal car can contain about 116 tons of coal.
Therefore, it seems, 2 ounces of uranium can only produce about as much energy as 1.5 carloads of coal. Not 800.
Is my math right, or am I missing something?
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