why do chimneys of atomic plants have so wide openings?
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They are not chimneys but cooling towers.
They are not for releasing smoke of something you burned into the atmosphere. Chimneys are narrow and tall to ensure that the smoke gets away and doesn’t stink up and the neighborhood and cover everything in gunk.
Cooling towers are to cool down water used to cool down nuclear reactors in turn.
They are open at the bottom to let air in and rise up in the very thick tower to cool water through convection without needing any big fans to blow air over the water to cool it down. The design means that the air will rise by itself and suck in new air in the process without needing and power.
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