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A coolant serves two purposes in any thermal power station (whether nuclear, coal burning, oil burning, gas burning, etc.):

  1. Keep the energy source (e.g. reactor, combustor) from overheating.
  2. Carry the energy (usually as steam) from the energy source to the turbines that turn the generators.
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