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France should “rethink the temperature thresholds of rivers”,

 Nuclear: with the heat wave, “we should rethink the temperature thresholds of rivers”, says the ASN chief inspector. The news sparked heated controversy: faced with heat records, the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) and the Ministry for Energy Transition granted an environmental waiver for four nuclear power plants: Saint-Alban, Golfech, Le Blayais and Le Blayais. Bugey.

Until July 24, these sites will be authorized to exceed the regulatory levels of water temperature discharged into the rivers and rivers in which they feed, in order to be able to operate if necessary for
the electricity network. For La Tribune, the ASN chief inspector, Christophe Quintin, discusses the reasons for this derogation, its implications and the lessons to be drawn from it.

 La Tribune 21st July 2022

https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/energie-environnement/nucleaire-avec-la-canicule-il-faudrait-repenser-les-seuils-de-temperature-des-cours-d-eau-dit-l-inspecteur-en-chef-de-l-asn-926443.html

July 25, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, environment, Germany