0h32m46s29f Body of Water Needed to Cool Steam from Nuclear Power Steam Turbine Generator TR2016a
Channel: Thorium Remix
Date: 2017-04-22

http://ThoriumRemix.com/ Water cooled reactors have another challenge. They need to be near large bodies of water so the steam they generate can be cooled and condensed. Otherwise they can't generate electrical power.

Note: This is an economic argument, some reactors do operate without bodies of water to assist in cooling. Such reactors operate at an economic disadvantage because the differential between core temperature and air is not very large.