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EXPLAINER: Why would nuclear plant dump wastewater into bay?

FILE - A portion of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is visible beyond houses along the coast of Cape Cod Bay, in Plymouth, Mass., March 30, 2011. Pilgrim, which closed in 2019, was a boiling water reactor. Water constantly circulated through the reactor vessel and nuclear fuel, converting it to steam to spin the turbine. The water was cooled and recirculated, picking up radioactive contamination. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

EXPLAINER: Why would nuclear plant dump wastewater into bay?