The French nuclear regulator granted a temporary waiver for five nuclear plants to discharge hot water into rivers that may breach environmental stand.
PARIS: France’s nuclear power regulator has extended temporary waivers allowing five power stations to continue discharging hot water into rivers as the country contends with a fourth heat wave of the summer and an energy crisis. High river temperatures have in recent weeks threatened to reduce France’s already low nuclear output at a time when nearly half its reactors are
French authorities have allowed five nuclear power plants in France to continue operations and discharge hot water in rivers even during another heatwave
The French nuclear regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire has extended temporary modifications to the strict rules regulating the maximum temperature of cooling water released from five nuclear power plants as the country experiences an ongoing heatwave.