How much energy does a nuclear power plant produce?

Nuclear power plants produce various amounts of energy relative primarily to the size of the reactor. For the generation of power, there is some minimum size that the plant will be to be able to be operated at a profit, or at least at some acceptable level of cost effectiveness. That minimum will vary, too, and from perhaps a few tens of megawatts upward.
Typical Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR) reactors built in the 1970's produce about 1100 MWe, whilst the latest designs range up to around 1500 MWe

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