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The element curium ""_(96)^(218)C_(m) has a mean life of 10^(13) second. Its primary decay modes are spontaneous fission and alpha- decay, the former with a probability of 8% and the latter with a probability of 92% Each fission releases 200MeV energy. The masses involved in the alpha- decay are as follows ""_(98)^(248)Cm=248.07220" amu ",""_(94)^(244)=244.064100" amu ",""_(2)^(4)He=4.002603" amu ",1" amu "=931MeV//e^(2)

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The activity of FISSION `R=10^(7)`
The ACTUAL rate of fission is `8xx10^(5)` SEC
The rate of decay of `alpha`- particle is `92xx10^(5)` /sec
The POWER OUTPUT due to `alpha-` decay is `4.725xx10^(7)` MeV /sec nd the total power output is `33.16muw`

Answer :A::B::C::D


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