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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (4357)2/26/2008 2:36:59 AM
From: Doren  Read Replies (1) of 16955
 
I believe that in nuclear plants the water that is directly heated never comes in contact with the water (steam) that runs the turbines. The heat is transfered from the directly heated water to cleaner water that runs through tubes that are in the directly heated water.

More than likely the newer plants have some sort of system similar to this, but I don't know for sure.

I'm thinking that in both cases that would require superheated water, in other words water that is above the boiling point of water but under pressure so it does not turn to steam.
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