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hunter

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6. The water that spins the turbines is condensed and recycled.
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 10:50 AM
Jun 2024

One potential advantage of high temperature reactors compared to the lower temperature pressurized and boiling water reactors is that the condensers could be air cooled.

Conventional pressurized water and boiling water reactors require copious amounts of cool water for their condensers. Usually this water is drawn from rivers, lakes, or oceans.

The Palo Verde nuclear power plant in Arizona uses treated sewage water cooled by evaporation. An air cooled high temperature reactor would use much less water.

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