Weatherwatch: heatwaves test limits of nuclear power

Global heating is threatening supplies of water needed in large volumes to cool reactors

Enthusiasts describe nuclear power as an essential tool to combat the climate emergency because, unlike renewables, it is a reliable source of base load power.

This is a spurious claim because power stations are uniquely vulnerable to global heating. They need large quantities of cooling water to function, however the increasing number of heatwaves are threatening this supply.