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Jellyfish Swarm Triggers Complete Shutdown of Gravelines Nuclear Plant
Four of six reactors at Gravelines nuclear plant shut down after jellyfish clogged cooling filters, temporarily halting power to about 5 million homes, EDF said.
- On Aug 10, Electricité de France said units 2, 3, 4 shut down between 11pm and midnight, and reactor 6 just after 6am on Monday due to jellyfish clogging intake filters at Gravelines Nuclear Power Station.
- Amid warming North Sea waters, jellyfish breed faster, and Derek Wright said the reproductive window is widening, with blooms around Calais increasing, on Sunday night.
- Six reactors at Gravelines Nuclear Power Station produce 900 megawatts each, totaling 5.4 gigawatts and powering around 5 million homes.
- Teams are conducting diagnostics and interventions to restart the entire plant in complete safety, with reactors expected on Thursday.
- Similar shutdowns have occurred at nuclear plants in Sweden, Japan and the United States, as jellyfish blooms increase worldwide due to climate change, overfishing and invasive species.
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Jellyfish have washed up in the filters of the seawater pumping stations used to cool the installations. Three other units remain shut down A first reactor of the
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A massive jellyfish swarm forced the Gravelines Nuclear Power Station in France to shut down several reactors, highlighting an alarming rise in jellyfish disruptions at nuclear plants worldwide due to climate change and ecological imbalances.
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