#French #NuclearPower production expected to be reduced on Wednesday

By Reuters
August 12, 2025

PARIS, Aug 12 (Reuters) - "Power production at France's #Bugey3 #nuclear reactor in the east of the country is expected to be reduced by 500 megawatts (MW) on Wednesday, data from operator #EDF showed on Tuesday, as high river temperatures reduce the plant's ability to intake cooling water.

"A #heatwave throughout #France has led to multiple warnings of power reductions at a number of #NuclearPlants, particularly on the #RhoneRiver in the east and the #GaronneRiver in the west.

"The #Bugey 3 reactor has a maximum capacity of 910 MW, which will be reduced to 410 MW from 2:30 p.m. (1230 GMT) to midnight on Wednesday as the reactor is required to meet environmental safety measures, EDF's data showed.

"The high water temperature warnings for the #SaintAlban plant - down river of the Bugey site - and the #Golfech site in the west were moved to August 14, but restrictions have not yet been issued.
Average temperatures in the country are expected to continue to peak throughout the week, reaching a high of 28.5 degrees Celsius (83.3°F) on Saturday, LSEG data showed.

"#NuclearPower accounts for about 70% of total French power consumption annually, but August is the main holiday season throughout the country and electricity demand is often limited."

Source:
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/french-nuclear-power-production-expected-be-reduced-wednesday-2025-08-12/

#EuropeHeatWaves #France #RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #NuclearPowerNoThanks #NuclearWasteIsForever #NuclearPowerPlants #ExtremeHeat #RenewablesNow #RenewableEnergy #RethinkNotRestart
#LeNucléaireNonMerci

We’re having a #heatwave...

And #NuclearPower can’t cope. Worse still, it’s actually a liability under ever more extreme climate conditions, write Karl Grossman and Harvey Wasserman

Posted on July 27, 2025, by #BeyondNuclear

"At the core of the latest attempted 'renaissance' of nuclear power is the big lie that #AtomicReactors are an answer to #GlobalWarming. In fact, they are significant sources of heat.

"There are more than 400 nuclear power plants in the world today that fission atoms at 300 degrees Centigrade, (572 degrees Fahrenheit). More are under construction or proposed. As the International Atomic Energy Agency states, 'water-cooled reactors offer heat up to 300 degrees Celsius. These types of reactors include pressurized water reactors (PWRs), boiling-water reactors (BWRs), pressurized heavy-water reactors, and light-water-cooled graphite-moderated reactors (LWGRs).'

"Some heat is absorbed in the water—drawn from water bodies—used to cool these nuclear power plants and then returned, still with considerable heat, to #rivers or #seas.

"The heatwave going on in recent weeks in Europe, in combination with this discharge of heated water from nuclear plants, has caused #NuclearPlants there to shut down.

"Consider these headlines from recent days:

" '#France and #Switzerland shut down nuclear power plants amid scorching heatwave,' was the July 3rd headline on Euronews. As the piece explained: “To cool down, nuclear power plants pump water from local rivers or the sea, which they then release back into water bodies at a high temperature. However, Europe’s ongoing heatwave means that the water pumped by nuclear sites is already very hot, impacting the ability of nuclear plants to use it to cool down. On top of this, nuclear sites run the risk of posing a dangerous threat to local #biodiversity, by releasing water which is too hot into rivers and seas.'

"A New York Times article, also dated July 3rd, related how in Europe, 'operators shut down one of the two reactors at the #Golfech nuclear power plant in southern #France after forecasts that the #GaronneRiver, from which it draws water and then discharges it after it is used in the plant as coolant, 'could top…82 degrees Fahrenheit.' The Times continued: 'The #Beznau Nuclear Power Plant in #Switzerland, built along the #AareRiver followed suit, shutting down one of its reactors on Tuesday and the other on Wednesday.' "

Source:
https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/blog/

#ExtremeHeat #ClimateChange #NuclearPowerPlants #NuclearPowerNoThanks #RenewablesNow! #WaterIsLife #NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #NoNukesForAI

Jetzt ist es mal wieder so weit. Bzw.: war so vorhersehbar wie Verspätungen bei der Bahn: Bei der (zunehmend häufig) vorkommenden Hitze mussten die ersten #Atomkraftwerke aka #Unsicherheitstechnik abgeschaltet werden. #Versorgungsrisiko #Atomkraft #AKW

#Golfech #Frankreich #Endnuclear #AtomkraftNeinDanke #ZukunftsenergieErneuerbareEnergie

https://www.n-tv.de/ticker/Franzoesische-Atomkraftwerk-wegen-Hitze-abgeschaltet-worden-article25869290.html

Rechtspopulisten des #RassemblementNational #RN und konservative #Republikaner in #Frankreich 🇫🇷 mal wieder fernab irgendwelcher Fakten komplett Ideologie-getrieben:
☢️ Einerseits ein längst im Rückbau befindliches #Unsicherheitstechnik #AKW gegen die Einschätzung der Genehmigungsbehörde wieder ans Netz nehmen wollen.
☢️ Andererseits komplett ausblenden, dass die #Hochrisikotechnik #Atomkraft bei den zunehmenden #Klimakrise-Folgen #Hitze #Dürre #Trockenheit besonders anfällig ist, und wohl auch diesen Sommer wieder nur eingeschränkt zu Verfügung stehen wird, (hier angekündigt: #Golfech + #StAlban).
⚡ #Atom-Fans sind einfach irrlichternde Geisterfahrer, auch für die Versorgugnssicherheit
☑️ Immerhin kamen sie mit dem Antrag eines Moratoriums für den #ErneuerbareEnergien-Ausbau NICHT durch. Auch bei der #GrandeNation geht es also zwingend mit der #Energiewende weiter, selbst wenn viel zu langsam.

Merci an den #Tagesspiegel für den kurzen Schnipsel aus dem heutigen #Background #KlimaEnergie.

#TransitionEnergetique #Endnuclear #NucleaireNonMerci #AtomkraftNeinDanke