Then the steam is directed at high pressure at the turbines to turn them at high speed. The spinning turbines turn the 8 electrical generators that produce electricity at the Pickering Nuclear Power Plant. Diagram of a reactor showing how water cools a nuclear reactor and how it makes steam Water is also used in the storage of nuclear waste. The used uranium fuel bundles are put in water because water cools them and it is a shield against radioactivity. Canada has more water than other countries so we can use it as a cheap resource.
Nuclear power saves fossil fuel.
There are three nuclear generating stations in Canada. Pickering, Bruce and Darlington are all in Ontario. After the steam passes through the turbines an amount of it condenses back into liquid form. The wastewater is 7 C above the normal temperature of the surrounding lake. This can harm aquatic life.