Originally posted by: shira
Originally posted by: DorkBoy
Originally posted by: shira
Originally posted by: DorkBoy
"Another negative is that the discharge of cooling water can cause thermal pollution."
Explain this
Some plants are placed on the coast, and discharge hot water into the ocean. That heating of the surrounding waters can affect the local ecosystem.
How many plants? and show the research
Just do a google search on "Nuclear Powerplants" and "Thermal Pollution". You'll find limitless references to the subject.
The reason I'm not doing the work for you is that I can tell that you have no HONEST intellectual interest. I could cite twenty studies, but I know your strategy would be to dispute them and ask for more.
I've had similar situations occur with anti natural selection zeolots. They cite objections, but the truth is they really are not open to having their minds changed. Your tone tells me you're in the same boat.
By the way, thermal pollution occurs just about anywhere nuclear plants dischage cooling water: rivers, lakes, the ocearn. The artificial raising of the temperature of the surrounding area selects for or against a different mix of creatures than if the powerplant were absent. Also, when plants are shut down for maintenance, the water can undergo rapid cooling of several degrees for a period a days, and this can kill wildlife that are adapted to the higher temperature.