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looking how bad things are in France, I'm surprised that nobody who thinks Nuclear Power is a solution to global warming discusses the high needs for cooling ... nuclear power plants need large amounts of water.

https://m.dw.com/en/french-nuclear-plants-break-a-sweat-over...

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There are alternatives for cooling: https://world-nuclear.org/our-association/publications/techn...

In any case nuclear is not the solution to global warming, just part of it (for electricity baseload generation where it makes sense).

Also, France has neglected building new capacity for decades.

> France has neglected building new capacity for decades

No. The last built reactor (Civaux-2) was delivered in 1999, and the new generation architecture "EPR" reactor (which was set as the lead of a series) project began in 2004, its construction began in 2007, never stopped, and albeit costing way over its budget it isn't yet delivered.

Is it possible to design plants to allow salt seawater for cooling?

Yes it’s very common. https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-fu...

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