Heatwave forces France to shut down four nuclear reactors

[Morgen]

France has been forced  to temporarily shut down four nuclear reactors as soaring temperatures hit the region, energy company EDF said. 

The company halted a reactor at Fessenheim – the country’s oldest nuclear power plant – in eastern France, in order to keep the plant from overheating the nearby river.

It had already shut down three other power plants near the Rhine and Rhone rivers for similar reasons earlier this week.

The power plants use water from the rivers to cool down their reactors, before sending the water back into the rivers. Overheated waters can result in mass fish die-offs, like those that occurred in Germany this week.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-nuclear-reactors-shut-down-edf-europe-heat-wave-a8477776.html