DoomsdaysCWEurope's #heatwave curbs French #NuclearPlants
By Forrest Crellin and Hugo Lhomedet
June 24, 2026
"The heat has reduced output at the #SaintAlban2 and #Bugey 3 reactors on the Rhone river in eastern France, and the #Nogent2 reactor on the Seine southeast of Paris.
"The #Golfech2 reactor on the Garonne river in southwest France went offline late Monday due to the heat.
"French environmental regulations force nuclear operator #EDF to reduce output when river temperatures reach a certain threshold to protect local ecosystems.
"It was not certain how long the current heatwave, driven by a weather pattern known as an #OmegaBlock due to its shape, which allows temperatures to build day after day, would last.
"Europe is warming at more than twice the global average, the World Meteorological Organisation has said, which makes prolonged heat episodes increasingly likely."
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/europes-heatwave-curbs-french-nuclear-plants-2026-06-24/
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