Tim 🎮1d ago

France: A nuclear power reactor had to shut down because the river that cools it is too hot (28C!), the Louvre shuts early because its climate control can't handle the afternoon heat from its patrons, and people are drowning in rivers trying desperately to cool off.

I wish I was reading these things in a Michael Crichton novel, not the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/23/heatwave-france-spain-italy-europe

France records hottest day ever as 40 people drown across country

National weather service, Météo-France, says Tuesday was the hottest day since measurements began in 1947

The Guardian
Show threadCycliste du quotidien1d ago
@timixretroplays only 1 nuclear reactor is shut down out of 57, and 2 slowed down. Your writing makes it worse than the reality.
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@uncycliste @timixretroplays
Losing power sources at a time when energy consumption will be drastically increasing is very bad, especially if the same problem impacts additional reactors as the heat wave is expected to last a while and intensify somewhat. These are problems which can snowball and have widespread and lethal consequences.
Jun 24 at 7:32amWeb