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.
(Score: 2) by Taibhsear on Tuesday August 07 2018, @02:41PM (3 children)
Just going to ignore reality then?
https://www.realclearenergy.org/charticles/2015/12/04/nuclear_safest_source_of_energy_108914.html [realclearenergy.org]
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Tuesday August 07 2018, @03:06PM (1 child)
I didn't manage to find out who's behind that site, so I treat it as a non-trustworthy resource.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by Taibhsear on Tuesday August 07 2018, @06:47PM
How about this one? http://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-safest-source-energy/ [visualcapitalist.com]
Or this one: https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-nuclear-power-must-be-part-of-the-energy-solution-environmentalists-climate [yale.edu]
Perhaps Forbes works for you? https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2018/01/25/natural-gas-and-the-new-deathprint-for-energy/ [forbes.com]
(Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday August 08 2018, @11:00AM
We live on nuclear, aka the sun. And thorium reactors are probably good. But when an insurance company refuses to insure a uranium reactor, you know it's a time bomb. Now, are they insured?
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