Sentences with phrase «water at the reactor site»
The removed «spent» fuel then is placed into deep pools of water at the reactor site, where it continues to generate heat and radiation (Figure 1).
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Workers built an elaborate scrubbing system that removes cesium, strontium and dozens of other radioactive particles from the water; some of it is recirculated into the reactors, and some goes into row upon row of giant tanks at the site.
During the 2003 heat wave in Europe, reactors at inland sites in France were shut down or had their power output reduced because the water receiving the discharge was already warmer than environmental regulations allowed.
Two prototypes of the RBMK light water graphite - moderated reactors operated at the site from the 1960s until the end of the 1980s, and are now being decommissioned.