Re: World's largest nuclear power plant.


"Don Libby" <never.spam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Don Libby" <never.spam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Brad Guth" <ieisbradguth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> What's the total surface area, birth to grave of everything involved
>>> with Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 8212 MW(e) from those seven reactors?
>>
>> Good questions. Now tell us the answers. And just for fun, kW/m2 for
>> the world's largest solar power plant planned for Portugal (114MW), with
>> the same all-in accounting.
>>
>> My predicition: nuclear fission has the highest energy density of all
>> electric power generating techniques currently in production (and solar
>> PV the lowest).
>>
>> Thank you,
>> -dl
>
> I see from one of your earlier posts that you estimate US-style fission to
> produce roughly 190 w/m^2, but there seems to be a math error.
>
> You wrote: "a typical American nuclear reactor power plant of 1.126e9
> watts per 2.9e7 m2 = 388 w/m2" and then you guestimated that off-site land
> use adds up to roughly the same area as the plant site, making the "true"
> footprint closer to 194 w/m2. (Have you any data or citations for
> life-cycle NPP footprint or energy density estimates?)
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but 1.126e9 / 2.9e7 = 38.8 , not 388 .
>
> Have you any other data or citations for life-cycle NPP footprint area or
> energy density estimates?
>

Aside from his poor math, he chose the Callaway nuclear plant for his data
sample. The size of the site he chose (his so-called DMZ) includes a vast
nature preserve, while the plant foot print is much smaller. He's just as
guilty of 'Arther Anderson' accounting as those he accuses.

daestrom


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