DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Jellyfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jellyfish</span></a> Shut Four French <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearReactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearReactors</span></a> as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeatWave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeatWave</span></a> Builds</p><p>By Eamon Farhat<br>August 11, 2025 </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Electricite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Electricite</span></a> de France SA [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EDF</span></a>] was forced to shut four <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtomicReactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtomicReactors</span></a> after a swarm of jellyfish clogged up filter drums at its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gravelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gravelines</span></a> power plant. </p><p>"The 'massive and unforeseen' [um, not if you read my posts -- very much FORESEEN] presence of jellyfish in the filter drums of pumping stations closed four out of six reactors at Gravelines on the north coast of France, EDF said in a statement on Monday. Pumping stations for coastal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPlants</span></a> usually draw in sea water for cooling, sometimes exposing them to marine life.</p><p>"A <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarineHeatWave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarineHeatWave</span></a> is intensifying off the west coast of France, with unusually warm waters in the English Channel near Gravelines, data from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Copernicus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copernicus</span></a> Marine Service show. Jellyfish populations can 'bloom' at such times, and France has closed several beaches in recent weeks due to invasions of the eight-legged molluscs, according reports compiled by the beach information app Meduseo."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-11/jellyfish-shut-four-french-nuclear-reactors-as-heat-wave-builds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-08-11/jellyfish-shut-four-french-nuclear-reactors-as-heat-wave-builds</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/bahil" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/bahil</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EuropeHeatWaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeHeatWaves</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Jellyfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jellyfish</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerNoThanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerNoThanks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWasteIsForever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWasteIsForever</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeHeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeHeat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeNucl%C3%A9aireNonMerci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeNucléaireNonMerci</span></a></p>