Nuclear reactors in Orlando?

Question

What are those two towers near Avalon Park and Waterford Lakes that look like nuclear reactors?

Answer 1

Those are cooling towers for the Orlando Utilities electrical generating plant. The plant is powered by coal not nuclear.

Nuclear power plants heat water to steam to turn turbines to make electricity. Orlando chose coal power to do the same job. They burn coal to heat water to steam. The water needs to be cooled and that's what the towers are for.

Answer 2

Orlando Nuclear Power Plant

Answer 3

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Nuclear reactors in Orlando?
What are those two towers near Avalon Park and Waterford Lakes that look like nuclear reactors?

Answer 4

They are cooling towers for the Orlando Utilities Commission coal-fired steam generator powerplant. There is no nuclear reactor there.

Many people think that it is a nuke plant because of the towers. But towers like that are part of any modern "zero water discharge" steam generation plant. (whether the steam is produced by coal, oil, gas or nuclear reactor)

The towers allow the spent steam to evaporate and cool, where the water is recycled. No warm water is discharged into natural waterways

Answer 5

I have neither the knowledge or expertise to know how safe nuclear energy can be or how safely we can store the waste, but I do feel that it is totally inappropriate for Australia because we have access to vast amounts of renewable energy. We have some of the best scientists and engineers in the world so surely we can come up with cost effective methods of exploiting those resources without resorting to potentially dangerous methods. Nuclear should be a last resort after we have researched sun, wind and sea.