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Highly nuclear dependent France suffered blackouts last week: “Europe heatwave brings blackouts and health fears for humans but icy treats for zoo animals” http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-02/europe-feels-the-heat/6588854

“Heatwave hits French power production“, Tuesday 12 August 2003 17.21 BST “France has shut down the equivalent of four nuclear power stations… With temperatures in French rivers hitting record highs, some power plants relying on river water to cool their reactors have been forced to scale back production./ The French nuclear safety authority has given others permission to return the river water at a higher temperature than is normally allowed.” Read the rest here: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/aug/12/france.nuclear

During the 2003 heatwave, the Fessenheim nuclear reactor building had to be sprayed from the outside with water to avoid overheating and a subsequent shutdown (shutdown had taken place when the temperature reached 50 ° C (122 F) it reached 48.5 ° C (119 F)…