The heat wave in Europe has hit the point where they're having to shutdown Nuclear Reactors because the water they pull from a local river is too hot

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/23/heatwave-france-spain-italy-europe

France records hottest day ever as 40 people drown across country

National weather service, Météo-France, says Tuesday was the hottest day since measurements began in 1947

The Guardian
@purserj That sounds like the sort of thing that could be a problem in a country like, I dunno, Australia if we were to go down that road.... 
@reallyedbrown @purserj If only there were some way to generate power when the Sun is really beating down!
@cafuego @purserj You mean some kind of nuclear power that doesn't need cooling, and the power plant is literally not in anyone's backyard? Crazy talk!!!
@reallyedbrown something something sun burned country