France Shuts Down Three Nuclear Reactors as Heatwave Lowers River Flows
- French energy company EDF shut down three nuclear reactors due to drought reducing water flows in the Meuse and Moselle rivers, affecting plants in the Ardennes and Moselle regions.
- EDF closed two reactors at Chooz, one since July 11 and another late Saturday, to comply with a 1998 Franco-Belgian agreement managing Meuse River water flows.
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The heat and low flows of the rivers caused by droughts impose on time the shutdown or slow down of certain nuclear reactors and disrupt hydropower production. The group seeks to strengthen the resilience of its fleet without compromising other uses of the water resource.
In the Ardennes, the Chooz nuclear power plant is at a standstill due to the decrease in the Meuse level, as in Cattenom, where a reactor has been stopped. In France, out of 57 reactors, three are now at a standstill and four are slowing down. The reason is that they lack water to cool down, while the nearby rivers are warming up. - Nuclear reactors at a standstill or slow down: are there any risks of lack of electricity? (Environment).
Three nuclear reactors in France have been temporarily shut down due to extreme heat and low river flows.
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