The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first #NuclearPower station, began operation OTD in 1954 in Obninsk, near Moscow https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/russia/getting-there.html?s=mb #Russia #history
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Euro #HeatWave Taking Toll On #NuclearPower & #Health Infrastructure As Cardiac Arrest Rate Went Up 4x Normal...

In #France several vital nuke reactors were taken offline or slowed because the #cooling #H2O they were discharging into rivers was literally too hot for life reliant on aquatic ecosystems.

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/france-nuclear-reactors-shut-record-heatwave

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/climate/europe-heat-wave-nuclear-trains-infrastructure.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tVA.25Mr.HksrtekBSazM&smid=nytcore-ios-share #GiftLink #NyTimes #Environment

France shuts down nuclear reactors as record heatwave warms rivers

France has shut several nuclear reactors. Not because of a technical fault, but because rivers became too warm to safely cool them.

Interesting Engineering

The punishing heatwave exposes cracks in France’s nuclear power fleet.

Three French nuclear plants halted production during this week’s record-breaking heatwave as rivers became too warm to cool them, raising questions over the long-term future of Europe’s biggest nuclear fleet.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260626-the-punishing-heatwave-exposes-cracks-in-frances-nuclear-power-fleet?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#NuclearPower #France #Heatwave #Energy

The punishing heatwave exposes cracks in France’s nuclear power fleet.

Three French nuclear plants halted production during this week’s record-breaking heatwave as rivers became too warm to cool them, raising questions over the long-term future of Europe’s biggest nuclear fleet.

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Friday, June 26, 2026

Ukraine turns to strangling Russian logistics in Crimea — and it's working . . . . . Top 5 Ukrainian deep strikes inside Russia in May — And how they're making Russians doubt Putin . . . . . Ukrainian troops raise flag on Kinburn Spit in Mykolaiv Oblast held by Russian forces since 2022 . . . and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/06/friday-june-26-2026/

Hey Canada - its reported that starting next week, Australians will get 3 hours of *free* electricity each afternoon, all thanks to clean, renewable (not nuclear) energy and storage batteries.
We have the environment and locations to build wind, solar, hydro and tidal power generation, but instead, one of the first three mega-projects the Federal government is looking at funding is a place to hide nuclear waste.
And our electricity bills keep going up.

#Canada #federal #Carney #renewables #renewableenergy #nuclearpower #inflation

Meanwhile in Canada, when not championing #BigOil outright #MarkCarney is zeroing in on #NuclearPower, the most EXPENSIVE energy system we could possibly transition to. But all that money (OUR money) has to go somewhere and that's to his already rich pals #cdnpoli #EnergyTransition #ClimateChange

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