Power Plants along the Gulf coast.

[BeFree]

These power plants use gulf waters for cooling.

How many nuke plants are there? Anyone know?

And what will oily waters do to the cooling systems?

Will the plants have to be shut down as the polluted waters hit the intakes?

[Oregone]

1. But they power our LCD screens and internet connections

Leave private industry alone!

[Statistical]

2. Here is a map

Map is kinda crude but looks like 2 in TX and one in LA on the coast at a minimum. Also you got 5 plants in FL but not sure if they are all on the coast or the that is just a limit of maps accuracy.



So 3 to 8 nuclear plants and who knows how many other thermal plants.

Not sure how many of them pull directly from the Gulf.
If they do hopefully the water is pulled from a cove of inlet which can be protected by spill boons.

Of course this doesn't just apply to nuclear plants. Any thermal plant (coal, oil, nuclear, natural gas combined cycle, solar thermal) requires condenser water (turn steam back into liquid and pull waste heat from plant).

[Statistical]

3. Was curious so I looked it up the ones in TX & LA won't be affected.

LA is Waterford 3:
It is east of New Orleans and up stream of the Gulf inlet.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=29.995,-90.471389&spn=0.01,0.01&t=h&q=29.995,-90.471389

TX is South Texas 1 & 2:
It is inland and looks from the sat map to have an artificial lake for condenser water.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=28.7955,-96.049&spn=0.01,0.01&t=h&q=28.7955,-96.049

The South Texas Project is a pretty interesting setup. Looks like it draws from one side of the "lake" and returns it on the other side. The lake is constructed like a maze meaning water has to flow some distance (evaporating heating) before it gets back to reactor. Also since it is an artificial lake they eliminate the need for cooling towers.