Due to the heat wave, France stops two nuclear reactors as a precaution

The main French energy company suspended Record heat wave.
Power plants, which are essential for producing electricity in the country, use river water to cool their reactors, which leads to heating the water that is returned to the river.
The Electricity Company announced France Today, Thursday, it temporarily closed two reactors at the Nogan-sur-Seine power station on the Seine River in northern France, and the Puget station on the Rhone River near the city of Lyon in the southeast of the country, in compliance with restrictions imposed on river temperatures.

Protecting plant and animal life

The Nogan-sur-Seine station had reduced production in another reactor a few days ago to limit the temperature rise between the water withdrawn from the Seine River and the water returned to it, and thus protecting plant and animal life. The shutdown and reduction of production in the 57 French nuclear reactors comes within the framework of fulfilling environmental obligations designed to protect plant and animal life in the waterways used to cool nuclear facilities.

During heat waves, EDF may be forced to reduce or completely stop electricity production, as the discharge of warmer cooling water from river water may raise its temperature further, knowing that the temperature difference ranges between a few tenths of a degree and several degrees Celsius, depending on

Reducing production at other sites

Electricité de France closed a reactor at the Gullfish station in the southwest of the country on the Garonne River on Monday, and reduced production at other sites.
Nuclear power plants produced nearly 70% of France’s electricity last year.
The French company RTA, which operates the electricity grid, said that France has sufficient generating capacity to meet the demand for electricity, including in the event of a power outage in some production facilities.
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