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6. Conclusion
The industrial management of water by nuclear power plant operators has an economic aspect, as with any industrial activity, but above all it responds to environmental constraints that are increasingly acute in the current climate. In essence, it must meet three interrelated challenges:
Limiting freshwater withdrawals;
limiting the temperature rise in freshwater rivers;
limiting discharges into these natural waters, including seawater.
These three main objectives overlap, as global warming means that freshwater resources are becoming increasingly scarce, or at least irregularly available, and that their temperature is rising, which in turn means that we need to limit the quantities of water withdrawn and the temperature of the water returned...
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Bibliography
Regulations
Water law n˚ 92-3 of January 3, 1992
Décret n˚ 95-540 du 4 mai 1995 relatif aux rejets d'effluents liquides et gazeux et aux prélèvements d'eau des installations nucléaires de base (Decree n˚ 95-540 of May 4, 1995 on liquid and gaseous effluent discharges and water withdrawals from basic nuclear installations).
Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council...
Organizations
CSHPF Conseil supérieur d'hygiène publique de France (French public health council) http://www.sante.gouv.fr/
ASN French Nuclear Safety Authority http://www.asn.fr/
AFSSET French Agency for Health, Environmental and Occupational Safety...
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