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Thats still pretty small and usage specific - modern 1000 MW electricity producing nuclear power plants produce about 3000 MW of heat, so about 15x the naval nu
by m4rtink 6y ago
Thats still pretty small and usage specific - modern 1000 MW electricity producing nuclear power plants produce about 3000 MW of heat, so about 15x the naval nuclear reactor in your example.
- numpad0 6y agoLike I said, US had commissioned around 20 of those reactors in the past couple decades.
- m4rtink 6y agoFair enough - still what I'm trying to say is that those 20 cover the thermal output of a single modern reactor & many are needed even just to get rid of seriously polluting power sources, like the brown coal/lignite fired power plants used in many places in Europe.
- fulafel 6y agoHow is the cost per MWh in construction and ops?