Warm Rivers, Cool Reactors, and What the Data Really Says

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In the 32nd installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous open with weekend notes and then roll into another Good Science vs Bad Science. They unpack their new working paper, "Cooling Under Fire" (now on SSRN), a response to “Atomic Rivers,” asking whether inland, water-cooled nuclear can stay reliable in a warming world. They quantify heat/drought curtailments (rare and small), separate planned, regulatory derates from true technical limits, and contrast nuclear’s steady capacity factors with wind/solar variability. They note that only a minority of plants use once-through river cooling, walk through technical fixes, and discuss when warmer outflow can help or harm local biota. The takeaway: modest adaptations keep output resilient, and policy should judge options on apples-to-apples grid realities. So, tune in for a clear, numbers-first tour of nuclear’s thermal resilience.

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