How much energy is required for a nuclear power plant to work and produce energy of it's own?
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Unfortunately, there is no set answer. It depends upon the nuclear power plant. If it is a fission plant, there is no minimum. You can extract power from a lump of radium sitting on a table. If it is a fusion plant, it depends upon the design and the size. The problem isn't that you need a certain amount of energy for it to work. The problem is that various designs and sizes need different amounts of power to make them run, and that amount is the amount you must exceed to reach the "break-even" point. Without knowing the amount of power a particular device consumes, you cannot know how much it needs to pass "break-even". It might be possible to answer if you picked a particular device that is in existence or being planned. Otherwise, there is no firm answer.
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