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Two 900-megawatt reactors on the French coast came off the grid before returning jellyfish could pack the seawater screens and trip them – Part 3 in our nuclear jellyfish series

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Help Talking-up Scotland keep goin Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Thanks again to Frances McKie for alerting us to this. From autoNotion two days ago, the above and: An automatic reactor trip is the safety system doing its job, and it’s arguably the most expensive way to solve a problem. The unit drops off the grid in seconds, and then you spend the next several days walking it back up to full power while somebody writes the report explaining why. So you had a 5,400-megawatt site with nothing running at full power. Units 3 … Continue reading Two 900-megawatt reactors on the French coast came off the grid before returning jellyfish could pack the seawater screens and trip them – Part 3 in our nuclear jellyfish series

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Environment body admits Dounreay (Caithness) decades-long nuclear leak cannot EVER be cleaned up

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The above, which I missed 15 years ago, popped up in social media recently to shock me with the candour of the headline. More on it below, after this. Last October 2025 we had: Inspectors raise Scottish nuclear plant with excess child leukaemia risk to an ‘enhanced level of regulatory attention for safety because of unsatisfactory site performance across numerous areas’ with 300 years to go until it’s ‘safe’ From the Chief Nuclear Inspector’s annual report on Great Britain’s nuclear industry October 2025, page 28: In July 2024, we increased NRS Dounreay to an enhanced level of regulatory attention for safety because … Continue reading Environment body admits Dounreay (Caithness) decades-long nuclear leak cannot EVER be cleaned up

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Another reason to say no to nuclear – global warming causing more and more jellyfish blooms clogging nuclear power stations from Australia to East Lothian and forcing shutdowns

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Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to gavinochiltree for: Four reactors at the EDF French nuke plant at Gravelines have been forced to close down on Sunday and Monday because of a swarm of jelly fish getting into the cooling system. If it had been Hinckley Point, what would be the back up, as we scots are frequently asked about wind. And jelly fish? There are millions around the UK–check out Ayr beach. Fish used to keep them in check by eating them when young, but there ain’t so many fish these days. and to Dotty for alerting me to this: … Continue reading Another reason to say no to nuclear – global warming causing more and more jellyfish blooms clogging nuclear power stations from Australia to East Lothian and forcing shutdowns