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Given information

Given that a future fusion reactor would be able to put out 1000 MW of electrical power.

The reactor produces energy solely through the reaction;

 

This energy released is converted to electrical energy with an efficiency of 33%.

We are asked to find the minimum amount of deuterium needed to run this facility per year.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Let the actual power created by the reaction be MW;

ie;

 

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