Re: Earth on Edge

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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

That argument is only valid for nuclear power plants near rivers. As I 
pointed out in a previous post, you can't use sea water for coolant because it's too 
salt: you'll get a corrosion problem in the pipelines.

Nope. From the Diablo Canyon power plant web site:
http://www.nrc.gov/AEOD/pib/reactors/323/c/323ctxt.html#Description

Condenser cooling water for the plant is pumped from the Pacific Ocean and returned to 
the ocean at Diablo Cove through an outfall at the water's edge. 

Doug