▲ 195 ▼ France's Power Prices Jump 22% as Heatwave Trims Nuclear Output (oilprice.com) submitted 2 days ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu -5 points 2 days ago (2 children) Que? Heat waves don't trim nuclear output permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] urushitan@kakera.kintsugi.moe 7 points 2 days ago (1 child) As this comment (https://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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago Also the jellyfish situation for one of the plants as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tarambor@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] urushitan@kakera.kintsugi.moe 7 points 2 days ago (1 child) As this comment (https://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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago Also the jellyfish situation for one of the plants as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago Also the jellyfish situation for one of the plants as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tarambor@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent