Word: kilowatt
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Still, a naval atomic engine would have great advantages. A pound of pure natural uranium (U-238) in a pile produces 20-400 kilowatt-hours of usable energy. An atomic-powered ship could cruise almost indefinitely without refueling, could dispense with oil storage tanks and its great weight of fuel. Engineers guesstimate that uranium as fuel would be no more costly than oil or coal...
...imprisonment for violation of the Lea ("anti-Petrillo") bill recently passed by Congress (TIME, April 15). The bill forbids any attempt to compel radio broadcasters to hire more people than they need. Contemptuous of the law of the land, Caesar ruled that Chicago's station WAAF, a one-kilowatt independent, should double its uncomplaining staff of three record librarians. When the station demurred, Caesar informed the three union members that they were henceforth on strike...
...power plant, then will drop 300 feet to another. The briny river's flow will be limited to about 1,000 cubic feet per second, to match evaporation from the Dead Sea. But its drop will be so great that it will generate 560,000,000 kilowatt hours per year. (TVA total: 10 billion...
...Tennessee Valley Authority, which is regarded (outside the U.S.) as one of the wonders of the world, during 1945 burgeoned into the biggest integrated utilties system in the U.S. In its twelfth annual report, TVA told Congress that last year it had produced nearly 12 billion kilowatt-hours of electric power, more than any other single company in the U.S. TVA's nearest competitor: Niagara Hudson Power Corp...
...long will it take to develop an atomic power plant of 100,000-kilowatt capacity which could compete with coal selling...