section_path: Debate/Comparison with renewable energy/Land use
section_name: Land use
paragraph_text: Land use
  
  The median land area used by US nuclear power stations per 1 GW installed capacity is 1.3 square miles (3.4 km). To generate the same amount of electricity annually (taking into account capacity factors) from solar PV would require about 60 square miles (160 km), and from a wind farm about 310 square miles (800 km). Not included in this, is land required for the associated transmission lines, water supply, rail lines, mining and processing of nuclear fuel, and for waste disposal.