Jellyfish Swarm Overwhelms Nuclear Power Plant For The Second Time In 2 Years

Jellyfish Swarm Overwhelms Nuclear Power Plant For The Second Time In 2 Years  HuffPost

The offline power comes as the country is forecast to see temperatures near 104F in the coming days.

The massive Gravelines nuclear power plant just 30 miles from Britain has been forced to close down in order to avoid disaster after a swarm of jellyfish got sucked into the cooling system on Monday

The jellyfish invasion is the latest in a series of climate change-driven incidents that have affected a record number of French nuclear reactors over the summer.

Experts say overfishing, plastic pollution and warming seas due to climate change have created conditions allowing jellyfish to thrive and reproduce.

A nuclear plant in northern France shut down three reactors after a swarm of jellyfish clogged pumps used to cool the units, energy group EDF said on Tuesday. Three reactors were taken offline on Monday and output at a fourth was cut by half, EDF said in a statement, leaving just one operating at full capacity. A sixth

A nuclear plant in northern France shut down three reactors after a swarm of jellyfish clogged pumps used to cool the units, energy group EDF said on Tuesday.

A nuclear plant in northern France shut down three reactors after a swarm of jellyfish clogged pumps used to cool the units, energy group EDF said on Tuesday.

Three reactors were taken offline on Monday, the EDF energy group said in a statement.

Three reactors were taken offline on Monday, the EDF energy group said in a statement.

Jellyfish-hit French nuclear plant shuts down three reactors  reuters.com