Resource data

Quantity

Water needed to fertilize 104 m2 of desert land per year

Number of peoples that can be fed by the food produced per each 104 m2 of fertilized land

Unit reference Nuclear Steam Supply System power (Unit power per NSSS)

Desalination plant Gained Output Ratio (GOR)*

Fraction of desalinate water lost by evaporation from the river and the lake

Pro-capita thermal power consumption required for needs “other than agriculture”

Reference plant thermodynamic efficiency

3 × 103 m3

5

4500 MWth

17

50%

1.7 kw

35%