overstep8556@jlai.lu to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 8 days agoUnusually warm rivers affect French nuclear power plantswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1122
arrow-up1122external-linkUnusually warm rivers affect French nuclear power plantswww.theguardian.comoverstep8556@jlai.lu to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareBuelldozer@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·8 days ago Hot rivers cannot cool down a nuclear reactor. The reactor(s) don’t care if the water is 20c or 30c so they don’t shut down the plant(s) because the river is too hot to cool them. They shut them down because the output water becomes so hot that it kills flora and fauna.
minus-squareHnery@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 days agoYumm! No need to dine in Restaurants anymore! Sous-vide nine eyed fish straight out of river Seine!
The reactor(s) don’t care if the water is 20c or 30c so they don’t shut down the plant(s) because the river is too hot to cool them. They shut them down because the output water becomes so hot that it kills flora and fauna.
Yumm! No need to dine in Restaurants anymore! Sous-vide nine eyed fish straight out of river Seine!