As global warming brings about a rise in average temperatures and ocean levels, inland reactors will increasingly contribute to, and be affected by, water shortages. During the record-breaking 2003 heat wave in France, operations at 17 commercial nuclear reactors had to be scaled back or stopped because of rapidly rising temperatures in rivers and lake.
随着全球变暖导致平均气温和海平面双双升高，位处内陆的核反应堆将越来越成为水资源短缺的元凶（或成为缺水的影响）。比如在法国破纪录的2003年酷热期间，有17座商业核反应堆因河流和湖泊温度迅速上升而被迫降低发电功率或者停止运作。而当2006年7月西班牙埃布罗河的水温升到极高水平时，位于该河沿岸的Santa María de Garoña核电站反应堆也被迫关停了1个星期。