?What is the purpose of cooling towers at coal power plants?

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Coal is burned to boil water that drives a turbine to generate electricity, but then that steam is sent through a cooling tower where heat is lost to the atmosphere and the water cools back down.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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A - 8 days B - 8 minutes C - 8 months D - 8 seconds E - 8 hours

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A fuel assembly in a nuclear power plant consists of

A. About one hundred pellet-filled rods bundled together B. About a thousand fuel rods C. Fuel pellets packed into a hollow rod D. Neutron-absorbing material such as cadmium E. Fuel pellets arranged in a cube and encased in plastic

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