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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by ajmiller</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by kevarc</i> <br /><br />"He threw Nuclear man right into the hatch at the bottom of the cooling tower where all the radioactive steam comes out. You know, the steam you see coming out of the cooling tower? " <br /> <br />This is NOT radioactive steam ot water. The cooling towers are NOT for the steam that goes through the turbine, but it is for the condenser water. Each is a closed syetem and the waters do not co-mingle. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Really? I saw it in the movie therefore it must be true! [;)] <br /> <br />NO, I know it's not radioactive. And I know the difference between a BWR and a PWR too. <br /> <br />What do you think about my idea to shine blue lights on the cooling towers? We could shine them on the cooling towers at fossil plants too just for fun. <br /> <br />When you see pictures of nuclear plants on TV, what do you see? Cooling Towers! If it's got cooling towers, it must be a nuclear plant. <br /> <br />[/quote]AJ: I know a few plant managers that would probably look at you with all the love and careing of your fourth grade teacher after a successfull spitball attack and ask you into her/his office for a little adjustment for that kind of idea on lighting.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- But the color of steam is usually enough to get the public going, especially when the hyperbolic type cooling towers (not to be confused with the forsed draft variety) are used in non-nuclear applications such as a coal fired electric generating plant or a chemical plant. I have had people swear that the cooling curtians are nuclear reactors when I was working in the construction of a coal plant near Macon GA. One even called me a conspiritor and a liar against the public good when I was his host on a guided tour of the place. Go figure- PL
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