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Brother Buzz

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11. When they are not built near water they go the cooling tower route

Reply to DetroitLegalBeagle (Reply #6)

Thu Sep 29, 2022, 12:32 PM

Sep 2022

The cooling water is recycled in a closed loop and used over and over again

Here's The Palo Verde Nuclear plant in Arizona; it looks like the eggheads figured how to shrink the cooling towers and still make it work

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Florida has nuclear power plants right on the coastline. Yikes, that doesn't sound safe. [View all] fightforfreedom Sep 2022 OP

Fukushima again? Wounded Bear Sep 2022 #1

They need the water for cooling genxlib Sep 2022 #2

Doesn't sound safe to me, sorry. fightforfreedom Sep 2022 #3

But IS it safe? Or safe as other places or sources? Hortensis Sep 2022 #10

The Turkey Point nuclear power plant just south of Miami is a good case in point: sop Sep 2022 #4

A disaster waiting to happen. fightforfreedom Sep 2022 #5

Pretty much all(if not all)nuclear plants are near water DetroitLegalBeagle Sep 2022 #6

When they are not built near water they go the cooling tower route Brother Buzz Sep 2022 #11

I do not like nuclear energy...there are better ways. Demsrule86 Sep 2022 #7

That attitude Zeitghost Sep 2022 #8

Right. They need A LOT OF water. And all of Florida can be considered effectively Hortensis Sep 2022 #9