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A nuclear power plant has a core temperature of 5000 K, and a cooling tower temperature...

A nuclear power plant has a core temperature of 5000 K, and a cooling tower temperature of 373 K, and is able to produce 1.21 gigawatts of power. Assume that the plant operates at its maximum efficiency [Carnot efficiency]. giga = 109 1 watt = 1 J/s the Latent Heat of Vaporization (LV) of water is 2.26×106 J/kg How much water is evaporated per second at the cooling towers? mass of water evaporated per unit time =

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