EBFECTS OF HEATED EFFLUENTS
0 25 50 75 100
miles
65
FIQ. 1. Location of modern generating stations which supply or are intended to supply
electricity to the British Central Electricity Generating Board, showing deployment
of large nuclear stations to coastal areas. (After Mounfield, 1961 and “Atlas of Britain
and N. Ireland,” 1963.)
will obviously be expected to vary according to the extent to which
the discharge area is enclosed as a cooling pond or is flushed by tidal
streams or other water movements. Rarely, however, will temperatures be as high as those in non-tidal rivers. For example, van Vliet
(1957) and Coutant (1962) recorded temperatures of up to 37OC and
40°C respectively in the Delaware River where summer temperature8
normally reach about 27OC, Wurtz (1961) reported temperatures of
A.Y.B.-3
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0 25 50 75 100
miles
65
FIQ. 1. Location of modern generating stations which supply or are intended to supply
electricity to the British Central Electricity Generating Board, showing deployment
of large nuclear stations to coastal areas. (After Mounfield, 1961 and “Atlas of Britain
and N. Ireland,” 1963.)
will obviously be expected to vary according to the extent to which
the discharge area is enclosed as a cooling pond or is flushed by tidal
streams or other water movements. Rarely, however, will temperatures be as high as those in non-tidal rivers. For example, van Vliet
(1957) and Coutant (1962) recorded temperatures of up to 37OC and
40°C respectively in the Delaware River where summer temperature8
normally reach about 27OC, Wurtz (1961) reported temperatures of
A.Y.B.-3
D