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They are by building power plants without cooling towers. Problem is not enough water, but because water discharged back to river is too hot.
by TheLoafOfBread 4y ago
They are by building power plants without cooling towers. Problem is not enough water, but because water discharged back to river is too hot.
- hef19898 4y agoI always liked simple answers to comokex questions like, e.g, nuclear power plant cooling. Especially when they come with pre defined scape goats.
- Manuel_D 4y agoIt's not a complex question, and river temperature is not a scapegoat. It's the the explicit reason why the plants aren't operating at full capacity: https://www.powermag.com/nuclear-power-production-curtailed-in-france-worsening-europes-energy-crisis/#:~:text=The%20maximum%20river%20temperature%20before,of%20the%20countries%2056%20reactors https://www.powermag.com/nuclear-power-production-curtailed-....