> can anyone explain to me why cooling water is an issue for nuke plants? In retrospect, bad planning. You could build air-cooled power plants, but it's more

> can anyone explain to me why cooling water is an issue for nuke plants? In retrospect, bad planning. You could build air-cooled power plants, but it's more expensive. https://www.powermag.com/air-cooled-condensers-eliminate-plant-water-use/ https://www.powermag.com/air-cooled-condensers-eliminate-pla... You could build water-cooled systems with extra capacity, so that when the water in the river gets warm in the hot summer months, it would not cause problems for the for the cooling system. But it's more expensive than a capacity that is designed to be just-so.