1. From: Nuclear Power as a Basis for Future Electricity Generation
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From: Nuclear Power as a Basis for Future Electricity Generation
ASME J of Nuclear Rad Sci. 2015;1(1): doi: /
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Largest in the world by installed capacity (21,100-MWel; planned power 22,500  MWel) hydroelectric power plant (700  MWel×30+2×50  MWel Francis turbines) (Yangtze River, China) (Photo from Chinese National Committee on Large Dams, The project costs $26 billion. Height of the gravity dam is 181 m, length is 2.335 km, top width is 40 m, base width is 115 m, flow rate=116,000  m3/s, artificial lake capacity =39.3  km3, surface area =1045  km2, length = 600 km, maximum width = 1.1 km, normal elevation = 175 m, hydraulic head = 80.6–113 m