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Nuclear Industry Needs To Look At Different Cooling Configurations, Says US Thinktank

By David Dalton
2 September 2026

Extreme heat and drought ‘putting pressure’ on reactor sites

Nuclear Industry Needs To Look At Different Cooling Configurations, Says US Thinktank
In Romania, record-low water levels on the Danube forced the shutdown of the country’s two operating reactors at the Cernavodă nuclear power station. Photo courtesy Nuclearelectrica.
Different cooling configurations for nuclear power plants could reduce reliance on the temperature or flow of a particular water source and ease problems caused by heatwaves and drought, the Clean Air Task Force (CATF) has said.

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