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===Cooling=== A [[nuclear reactor coolant]] β usually water but sometimes a gas or a liquid metal (like liquid sodium or lead) or [[molten salt]] β is circulated past the reactor core to absorb the heat that it generates. The heat is carried away from the reactor and is then used to generate steam. Most reactor systems employ a cooling system that is physically separated from the water that will be boiled to produce pressurized steam for the [[turbines]], like the [[pressurized water reactor]]. However, in some reactors the water for the steam turbines is boiled directly by the [[reactor core]]; for example the [[boiling water reactor]].<ref name="HSWCOOLANT">{{cite web |title=How nuclear power works |date=9 October 2000 |publisher=HowStuffWorks.com |url=http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power3.htm |access-date=25 September 2008 |archive-date=22 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022013236/https://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power3.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
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