German nuclear power could outpace industrial conversion

What if Germany abandoned a nuclear weapon and concentrated on nuclear energy?

Even a working reactor could produce electricity faster than German industry could convert its factories to use it.

Much of the industrial plant in this period transmits power mechanically, pneumatically, or through steam rather than through an electric system designed for modern loads. Additional generation therefore has limited immediate value without rewiring factories and replacing machinery. Germany's rearmament already consumes the time, labour, and materials needed for that conversion. A successful reactor could leave the country with electricity it cannot exploit quickly enough to change a 1942 war.