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Jellyfish at the Gravelines Nuclear Power Plant: Another Reactor Shut Down

On Wednesday around 4:00 PM, the teams at Gravelines "proceeded, as a precautionary measure, to shut down production unit No. 3 due to a new massive influx of jellyfish into the filtration systems of the seawater pumping station," EDF stated on its website. This reactor had been reconnected to the grid on August 18, just over a week after it had already been shut down due to an initial jellyfish infestation. Only two reactors (Nos. 1 and 6) out …

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Politico Europe

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A lack of backbone! How jellyfish are taking over the world.

The spineless creatures have already stopped French power generation. Next, they’ll be teaching us how to be immortal.

23 hours ago·Brussels, Belgium

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Lietuvos Radijas ir Televizija

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Jellyfish Swarm Shuts Down Nuclear Reactors in France

The reactor units at France's largest nuclear power plant in Gravelin have been shut down again due to an influx of jellyfish.

1 day ago·Vilnius, Lithuania

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A Swarm of Jellyfish Was Sucked Into the Seawater Cooling System of a French Nuclear Power Plant, Causing a Partial Shutdown.

Large swarms of jellyfish were sucked into the seawater cooling system, causing a partial shutdown of the Gravelines nuclear power plant in northern France.

1 day ago

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Ilta-Sanomat

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Jellyfish Invasion Forces Nuclear Power Plant Production to Shut Down in France

Jellyfish shut down two nuclear reactors.

1 day ago·Helsinki, Finland

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Protothema

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Jellyfish in France 'Sabotage' Nuclear Plant Operation for the Second Time in a Month

Measures have been implemented to prevent jellyfish from entering the station's systems, including a collaboration with fishermen, who collect them and release them again further from the coast.

1 day ago·Marousi, Greece

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Frankfurter Allgemeine

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France: Jellyfish Plague Leads Again to the Shutting Down of Nuclear Reactors

A jellyfish plague forces Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Gravelines to throttle or shut down several reactors, so none of the six reactors currently work normally.

1 day ago·Frankfurt, Germany

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