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1.4 GW power, 6 GWh capacity 6 GWh is approximately 5 kilotons of TNT equivalent. Would make a big bang should it go off.
by nickcw 5mo ago
1.4 GW power, 6 GWh capacity
6 GWh is approximately 5 kilotons of TNT equivalent.
Would make a big bang should it go off.
- pjc50 5mo agoWould you like to run the same calculations for the (now decomissioned) nuclear power plant on the same site? Or for that matter the average petrol or natural gas storage facility? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncefield_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncefield_fire ("Europe's largest peacetime explosion")
- cbmuser 5mo agoA nuclear power plant cannot free all of its energy at once as the fuel enrichment is too low for an exponential excursion of power, i.e. an explosion.
- wongarsu 5mo agoBatteries tend to burn instead of explode. Same energy, but released over much more time. And while an uncontained battery fire is a huge issue in a private home or in a car park because of how difficult they are to control, in a dedicated battery storage plant you can just let it burn down It's not without risk, but as far as power plants go it's pretty low risk
- cbmuser 5mo agoThe nearby nuclear power plant produced these 6 GWh every four and a half hours, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and more than 8000 days of the year.
- KaiserPro 5mo agoits about 21600 gigajoules or about 1500 tonnes of wheat.