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France's Power Prices Jump 22% as Heatwave Trims Nuclear Output
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OilPrice.comFrance's Power Prices Jump 22% as Heatwave Trims Nuclear Output | OilPrice.comFrance's day-ahead power prices jumped 22% as a fifth summer heatwave forces EDF to cut nuclear output by 7.3 GW.
Replying to @sanitation@lemmy.today
Que? Heat waves don’t trim nuclear output
Replying to @KeenFlame@feddit.nu
As this comment (feddit.org/comment/14419698) says
In France, Hungary, Romania Nuclear Plants have shut down due to concern over ecological impact or not enough water to cool the plant
feddit.orgFrance's Power Prices Jump 22% as Heatwave Trims Nuclear Output - feddit.orgLemmyReplying to @urushitan@kakera.kintsugi.moe
Also the jellyfish situation for one of the plants as well.
Replying to @KeenFlame@feddit.nu
They do. What happens is that either water levels drop sufficiently enough or the temperature of the water in the rivers that they’re drawing from rises to a point that it cannot provide sufficient cooling so they have to turn down or turn off the reactor.
Interesting, thank you for the explanation!