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The steam lines run from the reactor module to the turbine deck; the feedwater lines follow the inverse path. The power conversion cycle is a traditional Rankine steam cycle operating at typical nuclear balance of plant conditions and thus capable of reaching a thermal efficiency in the 31-35% range, depending on the local temperature of the ocean. Cooling water is drawn from the bottom of the ocean, and discharged at ambient temperature at the surface, thus eliminating thermal pollution.
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