GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

NUCLEAR SCIENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is coming out of the tops of the cooling towers of a nuclear power plant?
A
Water vapor
B
Carbon dioxide
C
Hydrogen oxide
D
Pollution
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The cloud leaving the top of the Harris cooling tower is often visible from miles away too. However, it’s not smoke billowing from the top. It’s simply clean water vapor that results from the cooling process.

Detailed explanation-2: -A substance circulated through a nuclear reactor to remove or transfer heat. The most commonly used coolant in the United States is water. Other coolants include heavy water, air, carbon dioxide, helium, liquid sodium, and a sodium-potassium alloy.

Detailed explanation-3: -After different water is transformed into steam in a heat exchanger, it flows through a set of turbines that are attached to a steam generator, which creates energy. It then travels through a condenser, which converts it back to liquid form. The condenser acts as a reverse heat exchanger and cools the steam into water.

Detailed explanation-4: -The eliminators prevent the water droplets and mist from escaping the cooling tower. Eliminators do this by causing the droplets to change direction and lose velocity at impact on the blade walls and fall back into the tower. Efficient drift eliminators will keep drift losses to less than .

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