re what do nuclear site s cooling towers do in article qlg o d q sequoia ccsd uts edu au swalker uts edu au s s walker man writes i really don t know where to post this question so i figured that this board would be most appropriate i was wondering about those massive concrete cylinders that are ever present at nuclear poer sites they look like cylinders that have been pinched in the middle does anybody know what the actual purpose of those things are i hear that they re called cooling towers but what the heck do they cool water nuclear stations don t generate electricity directly from the reactor they use the reactor to generate heat the heat is then used to heat water just as in a conventional oil or coal station and the resultant steam drives the turbines the cooling towers are used to cool the steam and recondense it into water to continue the cycle steve steve mckinty sun microsystems icnc meylan france email smckinty france sun com bix smckinty
