▲ 189 ▼ France's Power Prices Jump 22% as Heatwave Trims Nuclear Output (oilprice.com) submitted 2 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu -4 points 2 months ago (4 children) Que? Heat waves don't trim nuclear output permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] urushitan@kakera.kintsugi.moe 6 points 2 months ago (1 child) As this comment (https://feddit.org/comment/14419698) says In France, Hungary, Romania Nuclear Plants have shut down due to concern over ecological impact or not enough water to cool the plant permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Also the jellyfish situation for one of the plants as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tarambor@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) They do. What happens is that either water levels drop sufficiently enough or the temperature of the water in the rivers that they're drawing from rises to a point that it cannot provide sufficient cooling so they have to turn down or turn off the reactor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 point 2 months ago Interesting, thank you for the explanation! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] urushitan@kakera.kintsugi.moe 6 points 2 months ago (1 child) As this comment (https://feddit.org/comment/14419698) says In France, Hungary, Romania Nuclear Plants have shut down due to concern over ecological impact or not enough water to cool the plant permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Also the jellyfish situation for one of the plants as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Also the jellyfish situation for one of the plants as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tarambor@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) They do. What happens is that either water levels drop sufficiently enough or the temperature of the water in the rivers that they're drawing from rises to a point that it cannot provide sufficient cooling so they have to turn down or turn off the reactor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 point 2 months ago Interesting, thank you for the explanation! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 point 2 months ago Interesting, thank you for the explanation! permalink fedilink source parent