Droughts Causing Nuclear Power Plants in Europe to Reduce Output
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France's EDF to invest €9 billion over 15 years to adapt power plants to climate change
Heatwaves and low river flows caused by droughts have at times forced the French electricity giant to shut down or slow some of its nuclear reactors, disrupting hydropower generation. The company is working to strengthen the resilience of its facilities without compromising other uses of water resources.
The rivers are too warm and too empty for the cooling of European nuclear reactors. Many are therefore taken off the grid.
Whether in Hungary, Romania, France or Switzerland, nuclear power plants must be shut down because the cooling water is too hot or lacking. Germany has chosen a different route – fortunately.
Due to the low yield of the Danube, reactor 1 was shut down on July 28. The plant provides 20 percent of Romania's energy consumption. This is not the first time that the Cernavoda nuclear power plant has been shut down due to low water levels in the Danube, but Romanian authorities have carried out the work in emergency mode, which they have known for decades was necessary. However, the country's electricity deficit is much more due to the depl…
The record-breaking heatwave and drought sweeping across Europe are shaking the power, logistics, and agriculture sectors simultaneously, extending beyond the issue of the heat itself. As temperatures exceed 40 degrees and rivers dry up, nuclear power plants are lowering output, while cargo ships are halting operations or reducing their cargo capacity. According to Reuters on the 5th (local time), the temperature in Bad Deutsche Altenburg, Austr…
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