Jan Wildeboer 😷Jun 29, 2025
Next week, France is forced yet again to reduce output and in some cases completely shut down nuclear reactors as the high temperatures heats up the cooling water they take from rivers beyond acceptable limits. This is the new normal now and will only get worse over the following years as we collectively ignore #ClimateChange
Show threadaerisJun 29, 2025
@jwildeboer And our Cour des Comptes said it only concern 1 to 2% of nuclear power.
In the same time, solar panel must be cooled with water to stay at 25°. Each ° above is 0.2% to 0.5% less power.
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@aeris @jwildeboer And it’s mostly for power plants without cooling tower.

Like in Bugey, where the two reactors without cooling towers will be replaced by new ones with cooling towers to fix the problem.

(And, if instead of directly reusing the output of cooling towers, you discharge it into the river, you can even cool the watercourse, as is done at Civaux on the Vienne)

Jun 29, 2025 at 12:44pmWeb