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France's EDF Halts Four Nuclear Reactors due to Heatwave

posted by martyb on Monday August 06 2018, @08:56PM   Printer-friendly
from the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlUH40ZEYZo dept.

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Reuters reports:

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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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @07:03PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @07:03PM (#718381)

    Or, they failed to take into account a potential rise of river water of as little as 5 degrees Celsius despite climate change creating stronger and stronger heat waves each summer for the last 2 decades.

    Focusing on them "protecting the river's ecology" is about as honest as reporting "cop gunned down a man today while trying to uphold the law and keep little kids safe from dangerous rapists and kidnappers" without mentioning said man was elderly, black and in a wheel chair. And yes, I'm referring to a real incident and a real news coverage.