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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Swarm of jellyfish shuts nuclear power plant in France

Jellyfish lay on the shore near the Gravelines nuclear power plant in Gravelines, northern France on August 12
Jellyfish lay on the shore near the Gravelines nuclear power plant in Gravelines, northern France on August 12. Photograph: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty Images

A swarm of jellyfish has forced the shutdown of one of the largest nuclear power plants in France after entering the water intake systems used to cool the coastal reactors.

Three reactors at the Gravelines nuclear power plant in northern France shut down automatically late on Sunday, according to the French nuclear company EDF, after the filter drums of the pumping stations became packed with a “massive and unpredictable” swarm of the marine creatures.

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