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Originally Posted by Johnny C
Amount of electricity generated by ONE 1,000-MWe reactor at 90% capacity factor in one year:
7.9 billion KWh—enough to supply electricity for 740,000 households.
If generated by other fuel sources, it would require:
* Oil: 13.7 million barrels – 1 barrel yields 576 KWh
* Coal: 3.4 million short tons – 1 ton yields 2,297 KWh
* Natural Gas: 65.8 billion cubic feet – 100 cubic feet yields 12 KWh
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I'm assuming these numbers account for what is delivered to the customer. It's amazing how inefficient the production and delivery of electricity is. Just as an example if you were to convert the 2,297 kWh generated by one ton of coal back to heat in an electric heating system you'd get almost 8 million BTU's. It varies but in comparison there is 22 million BTU's in an average ton.
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