It's possible to use "dry cooling" for a nuclear reactor. [1][2] The thermodynamic efficiency would be much lower, but it is possible to use alternative thermod

It's possible to use "dry cooling" for a nuclear reactor. [1][2] The thermodynamic efficiency would be much lower, but it is possible to use alternative thermodynamic cycles/methods, for example reactors sent into space have used radiative cooling since there is no realistic way to use fluids to finally reject the heat. 1. http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2018/ph241/duboc2/ http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2018/ph241/duboc2/ 2. https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/cooling-power-plants#dry-cooling https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-fu...