West of Phoenix, the second-largest nuclear plant in America cools itself with no river and no sea — only a 58-kilometre pipe carrying up to 98 billion litres a year of treated Phoenix wastewater, which is then boiled away in 260 hectares of lined desert ponds.

West of Phoenix, America's largest nuclear plant cools with no river — only a 58-km pipe of treated city wastewater, boiled away in lined desert ponds. The post West of Phoenix, the second-largest nuclear plant in America cools itself with no river and no sea — only a 58-kilometre pipe carrying up to 98 billion litres a year of treated Phoenix wastewater, which is then boiled away in 260 hectares…