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Dollars to pcm

Type a value in $ to get it in pcm instantly.

65,000pcm

That's 23× as large as the xenon poison after shutdown — nothing on our list beats it. That is about 100 dollars of reactivity.

What it means

How far from critical?

Dollars use β = 0.0065 for uranium-235. A plutonium-fuelled or high-burnup core has a smaller β, so the same pcm is worth more dollars.

The math

How to convert $ to pcm

To convert dollars to pcm, multiply by 650.

Example: 100 $ × 650 = 65,000 pcm.

In the other direction, 1 pcm = 0.00153846 $.

Every unit

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Tables

$ to pcm conversion table

$ to pcm conversion table
$pcm
0.00154 $1.001 pcm
0.0154 $10.01 pcm
0.0769 $49.985 pcm
0.154 $100.1 pcm
0.385 $250.25 pcm
0.769 $499.85 pcm
1 $650 pcm
1.54 $1,001 pcm
3.08 $2,002 pcm
7.69 $4,998.5 pcm
pcm to $ conversion table
pcm to $ conversion table
pcm$
1 pcm0.00153846 $
10 pcm0.0153846 $
50 pcm0.0769231 $
100 pcm0.153846 $
250 pcm0.384615 $
500 pcm0.769231 $
650 pcm1 $
1,000 pcm1.53846 $
2,000 pcm3.07692 $
5,000 pcm7.69231 $

Quick answers

Quick answers

How many pcm is 1 $?
1 $ is 650 pcm.
How many pcm is 10 $?
10 $ is 6,500 pcm.
How many pcm is 100 $?
100 $ is 65,000 pcm.

The units

About these units

Dollars ($)

One delayed neutron fraction. The line between controllable and prompt.

Pcm (pcm)

Per cent mille: hundred-thousandths of reactivity.

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