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While there may be a fresh-water crisis on a global scale, that doesn't mean there is a shortage everywhere. There are lots of places where there are ample wat

by Kadin 15y ago

While there may be a fresh-water crisis on a global scale, that doesn't mean there is a shortage everywhere. There are lots of places where there are ample water supplies, and use of the water there doesn't really effect water availability in places where it's in short supply. Also, you can cool a nuclear reactor with ocean water. Seabrook Station in NH is cooled this way, as are other reactors located on ocean coasts, presumably.

toomuchtodo 15y ago
You can also use the waste heat from a nuclear generation facility to desalinate water. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desalination http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desalination "In a December 26, 2007, opinion column in the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nolan Hertel, a professor of nuclear and radiological engineering at Georgia Tech, wrote, "... nuclear reactors can be used ... to produce large amounts of potable water. The process is already in use in a number of places around the world, from India to Japan and Russia. Eight nuclear reactors coupled to desalination plants are operating in Japan alone ... nuclear desalination plants could be a source of large amounts of potable water transported by pipelines hundreds of miles inland..."[12] A typical aircraft carrier in the U.S. military uses nuclear power to desalinate 400,000 US gallons (1,500,000 l; 330,000 imp gal) of water per day.[14]
mindcrime 15y ago
Also, you can cool a nuclear reactor with ocean water. Seabrook Station in NH is cooled this way, as are other reactors located on ocean coasts, presumably. Progress Energy's Brunswick Nuclear Plant[1] in Southport, NC takes brackish water from near the mouth of the Cape Fear River as it's source of cooling water, then discharges it through a canal back into the Atlantic Ocean. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick_Nuclear_Generating_Station http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick_Nuclear_Generating_St...

by Kadin 15y ago

toomuchtodo 15y ago

You can also use the waste heat from a nuclear generation facility to desalinate water. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desalination http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desalination "In a December 26, 2007, opinion column in the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nolan Hertel, a professor of nuclear and radiological engineering at Georgia Tech, wrote, "... nuclear reactors can be used ... to produce large amounts of potable water. The process is already in use in a number of places around the world, from India to Japan and Russia. Eight nuclear reactors coupled to desalination plants are operating in Japan alone ... nuclear desalination plants could be a source of large amounts of potable water transported by pipelines hundreds of miles inland..."[12] A typical aircraft carrier in the U.S. military uses nuclear power to desalinate 400,000 US gallons (1,500,000 l; 330,000 imp gal) of water per day.[14]

mindcrime 15y ago

Also, you can cool a nuclear reactor with ocean water. Seabrook Station in NH is cooled this way, as are other reactors located on ocean coasts, presumably. Progress Energy's Brunswick Nuclear Plant[1] in Southport, NC takes brackish water from near the mouth of the Cape Fear River as it's source of cooling water, then discharges it through a canal back into the Atlantic Ocean. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick_Nuclear_Generating_Station http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick_Nuclear_Generating_St...