A nuclear power plant has a core temperature of 5000 K, and a cooling tower temperature of 373 K, and is able to produce 1.21 gigawatts of power. Assume that the plant operates at its maximum efficiency [Carnot efficiency].
giga = 10?9
1 watt = 1 J/s
the Latent Heat of Vaporization (LV) of water is 2.26×10?6 J/kg
How much water is evaporated per second at the cooling towers?