Jellyfish halt three reactors at Western Europe's largest nuclear plant
A massive wave of jellyfish forced the French electricity company "EDF" to shut down three reactors at the Grafenrheinfeld nuclear plant in northern France, due to blockages in the seawater intake systems used for cooling. Reactors 2, 3, and 4 were temporarily halted, and the production of the first reactor was reduced to 50% as a precaution. Meanwhile, the fifth reactor was already offline for maintenance, and the sixth remains operational. EDF confirmed that the incident did not pose a safety or environmental threat, and that the safety systems functioned properly. Measures have been taken to remove the jellyfish and to increase monitoring, amid a rising trend of such incidents driven by higher sea temperatures and changing ecosystems.
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