Jellyfish turned into an unexpected threat to France’s Gravelines nuclear plant after a huge swarm clogged its cooling system
- PC: Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP via Getty A huge swarm of jellyfish has forced France’s Gravelines nuclear power plant to shut three reactors and reduce output from a fourth, after the animals clogged parts of the seawater cooling system.
- EDF took reactors 2, 3 and 4 offline as a precaution, while reactor 1 was limited to half its normal output.
- A fifth reactor was already out for planned maintenance, leaving only one of the site’s six units operating at full capacity.
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- PC: Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP via Getty A huge swarm of jellyfish has forced France’s Gravelines nuclear power plant to shut three reactors and reduce output from a fourth, after the animals clogged parts of the seawater cooling system.
- EDF took reactors 2, 3 and 4 offline as a precaution, while reactor 1 was limited to half its normal output.
- A fifth reactor was already out for planned maintenance, leaving only one of the site’s six units operating at full capacity.
Sources: Times of India