Re:U.S. eyes building nuclear power plants on the moon, Mars
by throwanem on Sunday July 26, 2020 @12:05PM
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Typical US domestic service is 24kW (120V/200A nominal at the main breaker).
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Re:U.S. eyes building nuclear power plants on the moon, Mars
by dTal on Sunday July 26, 2020 @08:13PM
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Fair enough. Still, it's one thing to be specced for 24kW peak load (the breaker) and quite another to require 20kW continuous (two 10kW nuclear power plants). I still think 20kW is an awfully huge amount of power - the average US house only uses about 1 kilowatt when you smooth it out.