1000 Mw coal fired power station

• Consumption: 3,000,000 tons of coal per year
• Waste: 7,000,000 tons of waste per year, mostly in the form of carbon CO2 plus 150,000 tons of solids.

1000 Mw nuclear power station

• Consumption: 25 tons of Uranium each year
• Waste: 1 ton of waste per year.