Mastodawn

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

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mathieui

@timixretroplays For the record, this does not have much to do with the operability of the plant, but is rather due to the pesky environmental regulations forbidding exhaust above that temperature because cooking the fishes inside the river is bad.
Unless a political turnaround happens fast, my guess is that they will relax those regulations within a few years to avoid investing in other power sources or trying to curb usage.