>>40509447 (OP)I feel like one think that gets over looked when people talk about nuclear power and I can't help but get frustrated over is that the element that cooled is not the nuclear contraption that is being heated. The cooling tower is made to cool down the turbine. The reactor is going to get extremely hot, but it's just a vat of water and radiation, the turbine is an expensive and meltable contraption that must be kept cool lest the plant ceases to produce power.