Why do nuclear power plants produce so much energy?

Question

If nuclear power plants boil water to turn a turbine to make energy then why do they make more energy than a coal power plant that does the same?

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Answer 1

For the sake of simplicity, lets say a 1GW power plant produce 1GW regardless of the method

the difference being that to produce that amount you will need a lot of coal in a coal plsnt but a lot less Uranium in a nuclear plant because Uranium is far energy denser

similar like current batteries and gasoline, gasoline is great because it contain a lot of energy for its weight and volume while batteries energy density is far lower, with modern batteries we have reached a level that is usable for what we want but ideally we would want even denser energy batteries if we wanted to use them on something like aircraft