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Old 05-05-2008
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Re: Massive Oil Deposit could Increase US reserves by 10x

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Originally Posted by TheStripey1 View Post
No thanks, it takes enormous amounts of water to cool the reactor and uhhh, can we put all that waste in your back yard?
Uhhh, the water is shielded from radiation. That's the whole point of nuclear plants...heat the water to run turbines to produce electricity. That part of the process is simple thermodynamics...the heated water's heat is converted to energy.
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