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Modern powerplants are closed-loop and do not consume water, although they may dump heat into it. Water is not consumed (in any great quantity) or contaminated,
by orson2077 2y ago
Modern powerplants are closed-loop and do not consume water, although they may dump heat into it. Water is not consumed (in any great quantity) or contaminated, except that which is recirculated inside.
- pfdietz 2y ago> although maybe they may dump heat into it. Dumping heat into water is how they consume water. They either evaporate the water directly, or they heat a river, causing it to evaporate more later.