How much energy does one gram of uranium have?

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2026-08-15 13:35

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Approx. 200 MeV for one atom fission; and 1 g of uranium has ca. 6,023.1023/238 atoms.

But practically the released energy is much smaller because only the isotope 235U is fissile with thermal neutrons; the concentration of this isotope in natural uranium is ca. 0,72 %.

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