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In article <4cjjua$4fd@daisy.pgh.wec.com>,
Andy Holland <zcrah2@cnfd.pgh.wec.com> wrote:

>Cooling towers exist at many thermal stations because of local
>thermal "pollution" (the fish love thermal pollution).

Salmon don't.

The removal of riparian growth by logging or grazing or whatever
hurts salmon because it leads to warmer water.  Often erosion
is increased as well, but the rise in temperature alone can be
enough to make the stream uninhabitable by salmon.

It was concern for the effect of warmer water on salmon which
led to the requirement for a cooling tower on the Trojan
nuclear plant on the Columbia River.  Whether or not this
plant would've raised temperatures enough to pose a significant
threat, it is certainly true that salmon are very
temperature-sensitive.

>However, without a doubt, the most beutiful idustrial complexes
>ever built are nuclear power plants. Architecturally, many plants
>are quite impressive, and the grounds at most facilities are
>very well maintained. As the energy source is clean, and as
>ex-naval officers seem to be in charge at most places, "shine
>she must" (run if she will).

Trojan, about 30 miles north of Portland, consists of a moldering
bunch of ugly grey concrete that looks as though it were designed
by a refuge from Stalin's School of Architecture.

But the grounds are very well maintained, I must admit.

This, of course, has nothing to do safety.
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