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martyb
on Monday August 06 2018, @08:56PM
from the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlUH40ZEYZo dept.
from the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlUH40ZEYZo dept.
EDF has halted four nuclear reactors at three power plants in France because of the current heatwave affecting Europe, a spokesman for the utility said on Saturday.
High temperatures registered in the Rhone and Rhine rivers, from which the three power plants pump their water for cooling, led to a temporary shutdown of the reactors, the spokesman said.
The Associated Press story at The Reading Eagle explains that excessive heat is harmful to fish.
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* m2 stares at the monitor... it looks like a hamburger...
m2 - that's a bad sign
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @12:30AM
Fish kills, the discharge of the plant is raising the temp of the rivers. Since the rivers are already hot, the same temp of discharge increases their temp even more. This temp can both directly kill the fish and lower the oxygen content of the water.