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But what about scale? Sub reactors are tiny! Never more than a few hundred MW, with relatively little fuel. Typical powerplant reactors operate in the TWs.
by bronson 8y ago
But what about scale? Sub reactors are tiny! Never more than a few hundred MW, with relatively little fuel.
Typical powerplant reactors operate in the TWs.
- acidburnNSA 8y ago*Typical power plants reactors operate in the GW, not TW. So there's about an order of magnitude difference between subs and power plants, not 4 orders of magnitude.
- ChuckMcM 8y agoYour scale is off a bit. The Fukishima reactors were 484 MW to 1.1GW. Diablo Canyon, a fairly "new" (and now unused) Nuclear reactor setup in California were both units under 1.2GW. The reactors on the "Ford" class aircraft carriers are reported to produce about 700MW each.
- bronson 8y agoArg, I can't believe I brain-fumbled that. I meant to type GW. Wish I could still edit. Yes, it's 1-2 orders of magnitude.