Meredith Simonds
06-28-2010, 09:14 PM
If the so-called experts are right, water in the U.S. is going to get harder and harder to come by. What impact will this have on the future of nuclear power in America?
"Generating electricity with nuclear power is extremely water intensive, which is why nuclear plants are typically built on the shores of rivers, lakes and oceans. Many plants rely on submerged intake pipes to draw water -- hundreds of millions to a few billion gallons per day -- for use in cooling and condensing steam after it has turned the plants' turbines."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kyle-rabin/water-scarcity-nuclear-po_b_628294.html
"Generating electricity with nuclear power is extremely water intensive, which is why nuclear plants are typically built on the shores of rivers, lakes and oceans. Many plants rely on submerged intake pipes to draw water -- hundreds of millions to a few billion gallons per day -- for use in cooling and condensing steam after it has turned the plants' turbines."
More...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kyle-rabin/water-scarcity-nuclear-po_b_628294.html