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Swarm of jellyfish shuts French nuclear plant
Gulf Today
|August 12, 2025
Four reactors at France's Gravelines nuclear power plant were shut down late on Sunday due to a swarm of jellyfish in the cooling systems, operator EDF said on Monday, likely due to rising water temperatures because of global warming.
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The plant in northern France is one of the largest in the country and cooled from a canal connected to the North Sea. Its six units produce 900 megawatts of power each, or 5.4 gigawatts in total.
The entire plant has now temporarily halted production as the other two units are offline for planned maintenance, EDF data showed.
There is no damage to the filter pumps; they just need to be cleaned, said a source with knowledge of the matter, suggesting the reactors will be able to restart quickly.
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