Jellyfish disrupt the French nuclear power plant for the second time

A swarm of jellyfish caused major disturbances in one of the largest nuclear power plants in France, for the second time in a month.

The jellyfish entered the filters of the pumping station and the Palual nuclear power plant, said EDF, the French national energy company.

The incident reduced production to the 2.4 gigawatts factory in Normandy and the crews are trying to restore it in full operation.

In August, the generation of another major nuclear site in France was also disrupted by the jellyfish, after a “massive and unpredictable” swarm forced the gravel plant to temporarily stop operations.

The hit represents a quasi-emission in half of the production of 5.2 Gigawatt of Pauie, after one of its four reactors was closed and a second was reduced as a protective measure.

Nuclear represents around 70% of the energy consumption of Frances, according to the World Nuclear Association (WNA).

Paluel is one of the largest nuclear power plants in France, each of its four units generating more than 1,300 megawatts.

EDF said in a statement that they had taken the measures at 9:00 p.m. local time (7:00 pm GMT) after “the arrival of jellyfish” in the non -nuclear parts of the plant.

The company added that its teams “carried out the necessary diagnoses and interventions” to recover the two online reactors.