Punishing heatwave exposes cracks in France's nuclear power fleet

According to RFI English, France's nuclear fleet faced a summer stress test this week when three plants halted production as a record-breaking heatwave pushed river temperatures too high to serve as coolant. The shutdown raises concerns about the long-term resilience of Europe's largest nuclear power system in an era of increasingly extreme weather.

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