Saturday, June 21, 2014

You are not in Kansas anymore Day 13

Nuclear Plant diving - I am currently in Kenting, South Taiwan conducting my field experiment. And it is not everyday, in fact, I have NEVER (until I came to Taiwan) dive in a Nuclear Plant inlet. The nuclear plant draws in tons of seawater everyday to cool down the reactors, and pushes the hot water out. As a result, there is quite a strong flow at the inlet, and at the outlet, the water temperature around there is about 2degC higher than the surrounding waters. This results in quite interesting diving. However, the reefs here are still in pretty good shape.





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