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https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/high-river-temperatures-limit-french-nuclear-power-production-2023-07-12/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/high-r
by martin_a 2y ago
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/high-river-temperatures-limit-french-nuclear-power-production-2023-07-12/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/high-river-temperatu...
but you're right, half of them were down for other reasons, too: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/business/nuclear-power-france.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/business/nuclear-power-fr...
- Kuinox 2y agoDo you agree with the content in the article you sent ? It says it's for "water too hot" not "lack of water", a nuclear plant can be retrofitted with cooling tower to not heat up the river. This is not done for cost reasons, we are already overproducing when theses nuclear plant need to shut down due to temperature. > Kpler analyst Emeric de Vigan said the restrictions were likely to have little effect on output in practice The article you cite, mention an expert that says it will have "little effect on output", you make it as a big problem. And as the article says, France is still a net exporter at this climate, we export to countries that need a lot of electricity in the night, like Germany, exports have been massive theses days https://www.rte-france.com/en/eco2mix/cross-border-electricity-trading https://www.rte-france.com/en/eco2mix/cross-border-electrici... , despite germany attempt to sabotage our industry.