At the warm discharge area, it creates it's own environment of warm water for tropical sea life. For example, at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant, the warm water environment gets so full of life that a few times a season local aquariums and marine biologists safely capture some of the marine life to be moved to aquariums as new homes. Some of the common marine life found are sting rays and tropical fish.
Photo Courtesy of Google: Cownose ray found at the discharge of Oyster Creek
In
using cooling systems such as these in nuclear plants, less harmful
emissions are released than at other types of power plants. Not only do
these cooling systems help protect our atmosphere, but they create their
own tropical marine worlds too.
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