[mcculley]

The nuclear plant nearest to me uses sea water, which is put back into the ocean.

[gus_massa]

Interesting. I had to look for more details. I found this link https://nuclear.duke-energy.com/2013/11/13/why-don-t-all-nuc...

Oversimplifiying: All new plnats have cooling towers, so the water they return to the environment is not too hot.