# Nuclear Power **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 29, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power/470035 "2008-10-29T02:56:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power/470035/361 "2009-03-03T18:36:23Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > Or was it supposed to be this claim that 100 square miles in Nevada could magically supply 100% of our power needs for a year? I think they’re saying the area would be a 100-mile square, aka 10,000 square miles. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power/470035/362 "2009-03-03T18:41:08Z")
:smack: You are right…I misread that. That makes a bit more sense. I’m still skeptical, of course, but it’s quite a bit more understandable. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Dubinsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@Alex\_Dubinsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_Dubinsky)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power/470035/363 "2009-03-03T22:14:46Z")
haha, xtisme ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power/470035/364 "2009-03-03T23:01:09Z")
Well, you know, I never claimed to be infallible. 😉 -XT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power/470035.md?page=18)