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A typical nuclear power plant outputs (edit:) typically around 1-1.5 GW (electrical) per reactor. "plutonium outputs 8 gigawatts" is meaningless without an amo
by tgsovlerkhgsel 6y ago
A typical nuclear power plant outputs (edit:) typically around 1-1.5 GW (electrical) per reactor.
"plutonium outputs 8 gigawatts" is meaningless without an amount, and without specifying if it's electrical or thermal output.
- simonh 6y agoIt's gigawatt-hours, and it's electrical.
- ben_w 6y agoGigawatt-hours is energy, not power. Multiply power by number of hours the plant is running to get energy; but then you’d probably be interested in how many petawatt-hours it made. Fun fact: the lifetime electrical energy output of the Neckarwestheim plant is approximately 30 kg by relativistic equivalence.