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Originally Posted by renormalised
In any case 800 average nuke reactors (600MW generating capacity) is only 480GW of capacity....the US generates 1030GW annually (or 4100TWH), so your calculations are out by at least a factor of 2.5 or more. For an ideal situation.
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Just realised then that I used China's electricity consumption (which is actually greater than the USA's by about 13%)
I don't understand where you are getting the 1030GW number from. 480GWx24x365=4204TWh/yr which is greather than China's, or USA's, annual electricity consumption.