Waste produced by each plant : 0.8 tons per month
Given
60,000 metric tons of nuclear waste in 60 years of operating 104
nuclear power plants.
Required
Waste produced
Solution
60,000 metric tons=60 years, so in one year :
[tex]\tt \dfrac{60,000}{60}=1000~metric~tons[/tex]
1000 metric tons/year = 83.33 metric tons/month
For each plant :
[tex]\tt \dfrac{83.33}{104}=0.8[/tex]
