Eli5: Why are nuclear power plants smoke stacks shaped so differently from others?

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If it’s just for steam why make it different?

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Nuclear plants don’t have smoke stacks.

A smoke stack is a tall chimney that carries harmful or annoying gasses or smoke high into the air so that by the time it falls to the ground it’s spread out enough that people won’t sue for making them sick or hurting their property.

The big fat stubby towers at nuclear plants are called “cooling towers”, and they allow hot water to cool. Sometimes hot moist air from the tower can rise above the tower and form clouds.

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