The cooling tower at the facility was later destroyed, but then the disarmament deal stalled.

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Some water is lost through evaporation in the cooling tower and in waste discharge.

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The plant has had a couple of alarming accidents, including a dramatic cooling tower collapse in August of 2007.

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This is similar to the way a power station's cooling tower works.

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The nuke has had its share of scary moments, including a cooling tower collapse, and, more recently, discoveries of leaks of the radioactive hydrogen isotope tritium.

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The One57 tower eventually will rise to more than 1, 004 feet, including a curved, glass top covering a cooling tower, when the building opens in 2013.

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