Radioactive decay, half-life and uses

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Strontium-90 is used in remote arctic weather stations to provide heat to thermoelectric power generators.

One of these generators contains 840 g of strontium-90 when it is commissioned.

One gram of strontium-90 has a power density of 0.46 W/g.

Strontium-90 has a half-life of 28.8 years28.8\text{ years}28.8 years.

Calculate the average energy released per second by the generator after 86.4 years86.4\text{ years}86.4 years.

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