According to reports by the British newspaper The Mirror and RT on July 9 local time, due to extreme high temperatures, the nuclear power plant in Golfe-Jonse, France, shut down its only operating reactor that day.
French Gorffish Nuclear Power Plant IC photo
According to French Electricité Generation and Distribution (EDF), Unit 2 of the Gorenfels nuclear power plant ceased operation on July 9 local time, due to the water temperature in the Garonne river, which serves as a source of cooling water for the reactor, approaching the upper limit.
While the French National Meteorological Office has classified nine provinces as high-level heat red warning areas, EDF indicates that the water temperature of the Rhône River is expected to reach 28°C on July 10.
It is reported that a French decree in 2006 stipulated that after nuclear power plants discharge cooling water, the temperature of the river water must not exceed 28°C. Usually, the cooling water discharged by nuclear power plants is about 0.2°C higher than the temperature of the river water.
Since reactor 1 was shut down for maintenance since May, reactor 2 is the only operating nuclear reactor at Gornje Fish Nuclear Power Plant.
This is the second time that the Goréeux nuclear power plant in France has been shut down recently. It was reported that EDF suspended operations at Goréeux on June 23 for the same reason, and the reactors were restarted on July 3.
According to Le Parisien, due to the heatwave at the end of June, EDF also shut down the reactors at two other nuclear power plants: the Brzezina Nuclear Power Plant and the Nogent Nuclear Power Plant.
Heatwave alert: This high-temperature weather has caused multiple European countries to set new temperature records. France, Spain, Italy, Germany and Switzerland have all issued the highest level of heat warning.
