Why is the reactor coolant water kept contained within the primary loop instead of allowing it to mix with the feed water and leave through the cooling tower? it is contaminated and radio active?

Standing side by side ,you and a friend step off a bridge at different times and fall for 1.6s to the water below.your friend goes first,and you follow after he has dropped a distance of 2.0m.when your friend hits the water,is the seperation between the two of you 2.0m or more than 2.0m? verify your answer with a calculation.