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Originally Posted by Hersbird
In the US it makes more sense to put the reactors far away from populated areas. There wouldn't be enough homes in a radius around the power plant to justify the hot water. Plus water doesn't have to be "used" at a power plant meaning there is no waste. It all just gets continously recycled back through the steam generators. You don't want to remove much of the heat, just enough to condense the steam back into water so it can be pumped again back into the steam generators. The hotter it stays the easier it is to make steam again.
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Our plants dump the waste water right into the river,
The power plants in my home town have a population of 100,000+ within a 20 mile radius
There are subdivisions under a mile away