1GW of nuclear power is 1.3 SQ miles (1) or 832 acres. 100 football fields (required area for storage) is 130 acres [2] 130/832 is 1 in 6.4 Bird this is the

1GW of nuclear power is 1.3 SQ miles (1) or 832 acres. 100 football fields (required area for storage) is 130 acres [2] 130/832 is 1 in 6.4 Bird this is the storage that OP came out with his "100 story high" tale, not the generation (which you'd put off shore, perhaps beyond the horizon) [1] https://www.nei.org/CorporateSite/media/filefolder/Policy/Papers/Land_Use_Carbon_Free_Technologies.pdf?ext=.pdf https://www.nei.org/CorporateSite/media/filefolder/Policy/Pa... [2] http://www.stack.com/a/how-many-acres-is-a-football-field http://www.stack.com/a/how-many-acres-is-a-football-field