Rising seas push Korea’s east coast nuclear belt toward shutdown limits

https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-industry/2026/08/10/CVZEDKEO3BCVZEZU3HZC3UJWWI/

In particular, plants built when East Sea waters were colder have lower equipment limit settings, making them more vulnerable to rising seawater temperatures. Experts said this variable was not considered when building nuclear plants, so there are virtually no countermeasures against rising seawater temperatures.

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Chaf@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 26d

That's a very unfortunate shortening of the title - it's not sea levels, but rising sea temperatures that are causing the problems. Just like with thermal plants everywhere. In Europe the rivers get too hot to provide adequate cooling for the plants, so they face the same problem

liuther9@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 17d

But nuclear is safe and best source of energy I heard.