PARIS: France’s main energy provider on Sunday said three nuclear reactors had been temporarily shut down and eight others were operating at reduced power due to the heatwave sweeping France. “Due to the weather conditions and to comply with regulations on (cooling water) discharges, and thus to protect the environment,” reactors at the Golfech, Bugey and Chooz plants, located on the banks of the Garonne, Rhone and Meuse rivers respectively, have been shut down, the EDF energy group told AFP.

French officials have been forced to shut down another reactor at Golfech nuclear power plant as a scorching heatwave continues to grip Europe

France is cutting nuclear output at up to five plants as a brutal heat wave strains rivers, grids and energy security across Europe.