From: levy@levy.fnal.gov (Mark E. Levy, ext. 8056)
Subject: Re: What do Nuclear Site's Cooling Towers do?
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In article <1qngqlINNnp8@shelley.u.washington.edu>, whit@carson.u.washington.edu (John Whitmore) writes:
> In article <C5L5x0.KJ7@vcd.hp.com> johne@vcd.hp.com (John Eaton) writes:
>>-s87271077-s.walker-man-50- (swalker@uts.EDU.AU) wrote:
> 
>>During the nuclear fission reaction the uranium fuel can get hot enough
>>to melt. When this happens the liquid uranium is pumped to the cooling
>>tower where it is sprayed into the air. 
...
>>Contact with the cool outside air
>>will condense the mist and it will fall back to the cooling tower floor.
>>There it is collected by a cleaning crew using shop vacs and is then
>>reformed into pellets for reactor use the next day.

Another April 1 posting.  Ahhh.

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