With a complete combustion or fissionSee 'nuclear fission'., approx. 8 kWh of heat can be generated from 1 kg of coal, approx. 12 kWh from 1 kg of mineral oil and around 24,000,000 kWh from 1 kg of uranium-235. Related to one kilogram, uranium-235 contains two to three million times the energyAbility to do work or diffuse heat. The unit of energy is th... equivalent of oil or coal. The illustration shows how much coal, oil or natural uraniumUranium in the isotope composition occurring in nature, Natu... is required for a certain quantity of electricity. Thus, 1 kg natural uraniumUranium in the isotope composition occurring in nature, Natu... – following a corresponding enrichmentProcess by which the share of a certain isotpe in an element... and used for power generation in light water reactors – corresponds to nearly 10,000 kg of mineral oil or 14,000 kg of coal and enables the generation of 45,000 kWh of electricity.
Comparison of the input volumes of various primary energycarriers for the generation of a certain quantity of electricity