France was able to provide full domestic electrical power inspite of these shut downs, though they had to reduce power exports. Bieng dependent on cool river w

France was able to provide full domestic electrical power inspite of these shut downs, though they had to reduce power exports. Bieng dependent on cool river water shows a significant weakness in nukelear power, and is another reason to discredit claims to bieng a "green" power source or reliable. It should be noted that the European grid stayed up durring the worst of this heat wave, which is a significant achivement that d3monstrates the ability to integrate and distribute power from all of the different(much malligned) power sources.