Cooling towers: what are they and how do they work?
If you’ve ever had a window seat flying out of or into Raleigh, N.C., on a clear day, most likely you spotted in the distance, a tower with what appears to be smoke coming from it, but do you really know what it is?
It’s Harris Nuclear Plant’s natural...
The ABCs of nuclear energy
While nuclear energy is not nearly as simple as learning our ABCs, it’s not as mysterious as you might think. In honor of Nuclear Science Week, we’re breaking down some common nuclear energy concepts to help you learn more about it.
What you need to know about nuclear cooling towers
Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.
Wait – or do they?
Do the cooling towers you see around some power plants affect the weather and create weather phenomena?
No – they don’t. Let’s just go ahead and clear...
The Mysterious “Hot Hole”
If you read our last post, you may have realized just how important water is to electricity production at nuclear power plants. Because of this water need, nuclear plants are typically located near lakes, rivers or the ocean.
Most power plants use one...