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"five hundred megawatts of power, which is equivalent in size to a nuclear power plant"

1. Modern nuclear reactors have 1500MW each, and plant usually have several reactors.
2. Nuclear power plants have availabitlity around 80%-90%, wind turbines around 20%-30%.

to sum it up:
Total power of nuclear plant (let's say 4 reactors), 6000MW x 80% (availability) = 4800MW
Total power for 100 5MW wind turbines = 500MW x 25% (availability) = 125MW.

Therefore, 1 nuclear power plant is equivalent to 4800/125 x 100 = 3840 5MW wind turbines (a little more than 100, don't you think?)