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Railcar8095@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Just one note, nuclear power plants run at around 35% efficiency. This is because they are basically steam generators and tend to not push as hard for safety. I think they can get up to 40-45% with combined cycles and such, but then we are in the “very large” territory

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