Sunday, July 17, 2022

Small nuke plants

A 1,000 megawatt nuclear power plant takes up 640 acres. An equivalent solar farm takes up 48,000 acres and a wind farm would need 230,000 acres. Thorium nuke power plants can be build on an assembly basis with units small enough to be hauled on a semi truck. Each unit would produce 50 megawatts and units can be added as the need arises. They can be built near the point of use, unlike wind and solar which are set up many miles from point of use. This requires long expensive power lines which can be avoided by thorium plants.

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