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Will global warming affect nuclear production? With temperatures that are too high, nuclear power plants could don’t no longer use river water in order to cool their circuit as was the case on Monday 9 May.
Will global warming affect our power plants? With rising temperatures, one of the nuclear reactors had to slow down, Monday, May 9, overnight. This is the production of the Blayais plant, located on the edge of the Gironde estuary. This decision by EDF is voluntary. To cool these production units, the plant pumps water from the Garonne and rejects it. But in recent days, the temperature of the river was too high. EDF cannot reject water above 30°C, a reactor had to be slowed down.
The future of nuclear far from the rivers?
Such a decision is taken in the summer, but never in the middle of May. “It has an impact on biodiversity. Both obviously on the fish that live in the estuary and then on the proliferation of algae”believes Patrick Mautin, of the Sepanso association who militates for the defense of the environment. With global warming, a dozen French reactors could be affected.
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