Nuclear Reactors Using a nuclear reactor is an efficient way to produce large amounts of electricity. Nuclear reactors are used to provide power to a neighboring town or city. In a nuclear reactor, water is heated using nuclear energy to the point that it boils and the steam collects around a collection of spinning blades, called a steam turbine. The pressure from the steam turns these blades, which are connected to a dynamo, or generator. …showed first 75 words of 608 total…

…showed last 75 words of 608 total…it falls from platform to platform, cooling with every drop until it reaches the river where it was originally taken from. At this point the water is river water temperature again, so no harm is done to the lake wild life. In past years, there were no cooling towers and the warm water was dispensed back into the river, and some fish such as trout died of due to the unusual fluctuation of water temperature.