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Though it may look like they are emitting smoke, it's actually just water vapor. The cooling towers are part of the cooling water system used to condense steam from the turbine back into water.26-Sept-2019

What is the white smoke that comes out of power plants?

The towers you see in a nuclear power plant are used for cooling, they are called cooling towers. Heat exchange inside the towers causes the water used for cooling to become steam, thus creating that white smoke that is just steam.

What is the steam from nuclear power plants?

Nuclear power plants heat water to produce steam. The steam is used to spin large turbines that generate electricity. Nuclear power plants use heat produced during nuclear fission to heat water. In nuclear fission, atoms are split apart to form smaller atoms, releasing energy.

Is steam from cooling towers radioactive?

It is, of course, clean water vapor that results from the cooling process. It contains no pollutants, and it is not radioactive – the nuclear process takes place inside a secure containment building, not the cooling tower.

Can nuclear power plants explode?

Truth: It is impossible for a reactor to explode like a nuclear weapon; these weapons contain very special materials in very particular configurations, neither of which are present in a nuclear reactor. Myth #3: Nuclear energy is bad for the environment.

What comes out of powerplant towers?

In fact, what they actually release is water vapour – similar to, but nowhere near as hot, as the steam coming out of your kettle every morning.

What comes out of the smoke stacks at power plants?

Tall smokestacks—which are used primarily at coal power plants—release air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide (SO2), and nitrogen oxides (NOx) high into the atmosphere to help disperse them and limit their impact on air quality in local communities.

Do nuclear plants have boilers?

Boilers are used in power plants in order to produce high pressured steam, so that the plant can generate electricity. The process that does this is known as the Rankine cycle. The boiler takes in energy from some form of fuel such as coal, natural gas, or nuclear fuel to heat water into steam.

What is the largest nuclear power plant in the world?

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear

Why did Chernobyl explode?

The Chernobyl accident in 1986 was the result of a flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel. The resulting steam explosion and fires released at least 5% of the radioactive reactor core into the environment, with the deposition of radioactive materials in many parts of Europe.