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>Coal and gas power stations need cooling water in exactly the same way as nuclear.

The vast majority of nuclear power plants are absolutely huge compared to their fossil fuel counterparts. Their thermal cooling needs exceed the ability of local rivers because they are so big. This has resulted in some countries building their nuclear power plants near the ocean even though the coast is tsunami prone.

The standard coal plant generates 500 MW or around 6 NuScale reactors. The average nuclear power plant generates 1GW and that is equivalent to 12 NuScale reactors.