To cool down, nuclear power plants pump water from local rivers or the sea, which they then release back into water bodies at a higher temperature. However, this process can threaten local ...

The Beznau Nuclear Power Plant in Switzerland, built along the Aare River near the country’s northern border, followed suit, shutting down one of its reactors on Tuesday and the other on Wednesday.

These were the Golfech Nuclear Power Plant in France and the Beznau Nuclear Power Plant in Switzerland. One challenge is that the hot weather then causes the problem of not getting any cooler.

“Due to the high river water temperatures, Axpo has been increasingly reducing the output of the two reactor units at the Beznau nuclear power plant for days,” the company said in a statement ...

The Beznau nuclear power plant's reactors are located directly on the River Aare, where temperatures have reached 25 degrees Celsius in recent days, ...