Nuclear Power Plant

kdog

Here's something you probably don't see every day. It's just across the river from me, about 3 miles away. John Mueller made me think of it when he joked that my NYC Sunset picture looked like a nuclear power plant. So I snapped a picture of the real thing.

Ladies and Gentleman, I give you Indian Point Nuclear Powerplant. :uhoh




Note the lack of smoke stacks. They use the river for cooling. :wxwax

Andy

Hey, that's my 'hood Thanks for sharing!

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DanielB

lol. makes you wonder what exactly they're using the Nuclear Power for.:uhoh

Andy

DanielB wrote:

lol. makes you wonder what exactly they're using the Nuclear Power for.:uhoh

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davidryan

What an odd looking plant. I suppose I'm use to the giant white cylinders for steam.

Dilemma

They use river cooling in coal fire plants also BTW. I worked in a nuclear facility for a year and a half. Interesting work for sure.

The river water is used in the condensors, nuclear or coal fire. Very typical.

As for the "Odd looking plant", The containment structures are ugly. Why they dont do something with them is odd,,,,,,,,, At LEAST, paint!!!!

jthomas

davidryan wrote:

What an odd looking plant. I suppose I'm use to the giant white cylinders for steam.

Those giant white cylinders at many nuclear and coal-fired power plants are cooling towers. If the nearby body of water can't absorb the waste heat without too much temperature rise, cooling towers aid in cooling the cooling water through evaporation. They don't emit steam, per se, but water vapor at a fairly low temperature. The same principle (evaporative cooling) is used in cooling homes in the desert Southwest.

They really have nothing to do with whether or not the power plant uses fission or coal combustion as a source of energy.

jthomas

Dilemma wrote:

As for the "Odd looking plant", The containment structures are ugly. Why they dont do something with them is odd,,,,,,,,, At LEAST, paint!!!!

Think of the expense of painting!