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Dry cooling towers exist. One could also have a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Verde_Nuclear_Generating_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_V
by LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
Dry cooling towers exist. One could also have a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Verde_Nuclear_Generating_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Verde_Nuclear_Generating_... near Phoenix, AZ which for all practical purposes is a desert.
- 0xffff2 4y ago>The facility evaporates water from the treated sewage of several nearby municipalities to meet its cooling needs. Up to 26 billion US gallons (~100,000,000 m³) of treated water are evaporated each year. I have no idea how that stacks up to other nuclear plants, but 100,000,000 m³/y sure sounds like it needs a lot of water.