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I know it will not be easy, but the benefit of utilizing large amounts of infrastructure that already exists,Most steam plants have turbines that are in tandem meaning different pressure sections being on the same shaft attached to a single generator. Another common one is a cross compound turbine, where the low pressure section is separated from the high pressure and intermediate pressure turbine, so there is two shafts and 2 generators.
At these coals plants and on existing nuclear plants there is generally only 1 turbine generator per boiler/reactor. But most these plants will have 2 to 3 boilers/reactors on a site. So 2 to 3 generators.
The limiting factor is going to be steam output being able to match the volume, pressures, and temperatures to match that particular turbine.
is worth looking at!