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The Palo Verde nuclear power plant near Phoenix is the largest power plant in the United States, serving about four million people. It is the only large nuclear plant in the world not near a large body of water — instead, it uses treated wastewater from nearby cities for cooling. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue

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