Drought Could Force Nuke-Plant Shutdowns

January 24th, 2008 By MITCH WEISS, Associated Press Writer

A man fishes next to the water outflows of the McGuire Nuclear Station in the Lake Norman, N.C., area Monday, Jan. 21, 2008. Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be forced to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying up the rivers and lakes that supply power plants with the awesome amounts of cooling water they need to operate. (AP Photo/Jason E. Miczek)

(AP) -- Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be forced to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying up the rivers and lakes that supply power plants with the awesome amounts of cooling water they need to operate.

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• DGBEACH - Jan 24, 2008
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  ...so which is right, Lochbaum or Burnell?
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• vlam67 - Jan 24, 2008
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  very interesting, consider quintillion of tons sea water, and not one nuclear power station was ever designed to use it.
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• langbaba - Jan 25, 2008
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  South Africa has a nuclear power station (Koeberg) designed to use sea water as coolant, built by the previous "apartheid" government ... Scary to see who is now in control of it as the electricity supply company of SA (Eskom) does not seem to have anyone with half a brain left, seeing that basically ALL competent people has basically been removed from power! Go black empowerment ... No wonder we currently have a blackout at least once a day lasting from 1 to 4 hours.
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