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Re:The West's historic drought is threatening hydropower at ... by LargoLasskhyfv on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @03:46PM (#32487875)
Dry cooling towers exist. One could also have a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Verde_Nuclear_Generating_... near Phoenix, AZ which for all practical purposes is a desert.
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Re:The West's historic drought is threatening hydropower at ... by 0xffff2 on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @12:09PM (#32498198)
>The facility evaporates water from the treated sewage of several nearby municipalities to meet its cooling needs. Up to 26 billion US gallons (~100,000,000 m³) of treated water are evaporated each year.

I have no idea how that stacks up to other nuclear plants, but 100,000,000 m³/y sure sounds like it needs a lot of water.

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