Jellyfish close down France’s largest nuclear reactor

Jellyfish took three of the six reactors at France's Gravelines nuclear plant offline this summer and cut a fourth to half power, as they shut Scotland's Torness for a week in 2011, because a plant that swallows a canal of seawater to stay cool has no defense against a bloom except to stop

When billions of boneless creatures with no brain shut down a continent's power plants, nuclear engineers discover that cooling systems designed to withstand storms are defenseless against the sea itself.

Jellyfish close down France’s largest nuclear reactor

August 28 2026 , https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9339000/jellyfish-close-down-frances-largest-nuclear-reactor/ Reactor units at France’s largest nuclear power station in Gravelines have once again been shut down due to an influx of jellyfish. A spokeswoman for the French operator EDF said on Thursday more than 200 metric tonnes of jellyfish had appeared since last night. Two of the six reactor units have […]