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Name: Emma
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Age: 14
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Date: 1999
Question:
How much nuclear energy do Americans use in one year? I didn't put my full name because my parents do not permit me to online. Thanks for your help.

Replies:
Around 730 billion kWH.

See http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/states.html for the details. There are roughly 100 active reactors listed, and the few I looked at produced an average of 7.3 billion kWH each in 1998.

Tim Mooney


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