You need the water for cooling in a power plant, this is why many are built near rivers or lakes, and if they aren't they will have large manmade ponds or lakes

You need the water for cooling in a power plant, this is why many are built near rivers or lakes, and if they aren't they will have large manmade ponds or lakes from which to gather and dump water. http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Current-and-Future-Generation/Cooling-Power-Plants/ http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Current-and-Future-Generat...