The hidden military pressures behind the new push for small #nuclearReactors

Donald Trump’s recent visit to the UK saw a so-called “landmark partnership” on nuclear energy. London and Washington announced plans to build 20 small modular reactors and also develop microreactor technology – despite the fact no such plants have yet been built commercially anywhere in the world

https://theconversation.com/the-hidden-military-pressures-behind-the-new-push-for-small-nuclear-reactors-266301

#Jellyfish Shut Four French #NuclearReactors as #HeatWave Builds

By Eamon Farhat
August 11, 2025

"#Electricite de France SA [#EDF] was forced to shut four #AtomicReactors after a swarm of jellyfish clogged up filter drums at its #Gravelines power plant.

"The 'massive and unforeseen' [um, not if you read my posts -- very much FORESEEN] presence of jellyfish in the filter drums of pumping stations closed four out of six reactors at Gravelines on the north coast of France, EDF said in a statement on Monday. Pumping stations for coastal #NuclearPlants usually draw in sea water for cooling, sometimes exposing them to marine life.

"A #MarineHeatWave is intensifying off the west coast of France, with unusually warm waters in the English Channel near Gravelines, data from #Copernicus Marine Service show. Jellyfish populations can 'bloom' at such times, and France has closed several beaches in recent weeks due to invasions of the eight-legged molluscs, according reports compiled by the beach information app Meduseo."

Read more:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-11/jellyfish-shut-four-french-nuclear-reactors-as-heat-wave-builds

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/bahil

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

Chernobyl Utopia in Flames (2023)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27721467/

Comprehensive background of events leading to the 1986 accident.

Best explanation of the RBMK reactors.

#NuclearReactors
#NuclearAccidents
#Chernobyl
#Pripyat
#documentaries