The energy released by the fission of one uranium atom is $200 MeV$. The number of fissions per second required to produce $3.2 W$ of power is (Take $1 eV = 1.6 \times 10^{-19} J$).

  • A
    $10^7$
  • B
    $10^{10}$
  • C
    $10^{15}$
  • D
    $10^{11}$

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