From cooling water war to cooling towers: transnational water diplomacy around the allocation of nuclear cooling on the Aare and Rhine Rivers, 1965-1972

• Main Author: Gutting, Alicia
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2025
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Nuclear energy; Rhine river; Thermal pollution; Water diplomacy; Cooling water
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/182326; https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol18/v18issue1/771-a18-1-5; https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This article explores the efforts of Germany and Switzerland, from 1965 to 1972, to mitigate thermal pollution caused by nuclear power plants along the Aare and Rhine Rivers. Despite the initial promise of nuclear energy, concerns about its environmental impact, specifically on water quality, led bo...