Nuclear Power uses more Water than Coal for the same energy...

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    Nuclear Power uses more Water than Coal for the same energy produced.
    A 2009 World Economic Forum paper provides the
    following figures:
    "A megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity from coal
    uses 20 to 270 litres of water at the coal mining
    stage and an additional 1,200 to 2,000 litres when
    the energy in the coal is converted to electricity,
    totalling 1,220 to 2,270 litres of water consumed
    per MWh. In comparison, nuclear energy uses 170
    to 570 litres of water per MWh during the mining
    of uranium and production of the reactor fuel and
    an additional 2,700 litres per MWh as the energy
    from nuclear fission is converted to electricity, for a
    total of 2,870 to 3,270 litres of water consumed
    per MWh."
 
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