France powers down several nuclear reactors due to extreme heat
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July 13, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
dotcoma
Doesn’t happen to solar plants.
tekla
So yeah in the mostly probable case that reading was not involved in many of the comments, they were not shut down for a technical issue but the govt stops them from discharging the water. All the reactor works fine and would work fine. Gov makes choice to let people hurt
waste_monk
They should figure out a way to use the heatwave to drive a turbine.