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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
Well this is a very simplistic diagram, but the way nuclear power actually works is by using water heated by the core to heat a separate water source in a heat exchanger. It is the water heated in the heat exchanger that becomes steam, hence why nuclear power does not emit radioactive steam. Ironically, coal plants put more radioactive waste into the air than nuclear plants do.
gpt
Excellent explanation thank you I assumed there was some safety mechanism in place but didn’t know what that would be