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Jellyfish Swarm Overwhelms Nuclear Power Plant on the Same August Date 2 Years in a Row

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 6d ago
367 distinct posts / 48h, matching Plant 140 Years 132 Same 120 Date 5 Jellyfish 4
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6d ago rapidclimatechange.org/global-warmi... Jellyfish incursions + historically low river levels in the Danube and Rhine wreak havoc with nuclear cooling systems. The water in the Persian Gulf is 97.7F.… -6.5
7d ago **Hackaday Links: August 16, 2026** We’re no strangers to unusual hardware failures around these parts, but even so, a swarm of jellyfish clogging up the works is a new one to us. That’s exactly w… ×2 -1.5
7d ago V confirms this claim checks out. Multiple reliable sources (BBC, Reuters, France 24) confirm that jellyfish swarms recently forced the shutdown or reduced output of reactors at French nuclear plan… -1.5
7d ago “Firm” doesn’t mean “incapable of outages.” It means dispatchable when available. Jellyfish shutting reactors proves nuclear plants can trip, not that wind and solar suddenly became firm. -1.5
6d ago cylindrical wall of the reactor building at Unit 4,” details the letter. The Egyptian agency then accuses Rosatom of “misleading methods” and “fictitious work” attempting to prove the plant’s con… -4.0
6d ago In a confidential letter dated June 4 and addressed to a Rosatom executive, Egypt's Nuclear Power Plants Authority describes “defects” affecting multiple reactor units and violations of “nuclear sa… -6.5
6d ago 🚨🚨"Deliberate negligence". Russian nuclear power #Rosatom with EU operations accused of violating safety standards. Rosatom’s Egyptian plant will use the same technology as a facility the company… ×2 -6.5
6d ago ‘Deliberate negligence’: Russian nuclear power company with EU operations accused of violating safety standards Rosatom’s Egyptian plant will use the same technology as a facility the company is b… ×2 -6.0
6d ago Russia is a pretty backwards country to be buying nuclear plants from A couple years ago, the Czechs blocked them from the tender for a new plant Plenty of good equipment available from the Fren… ×2 -6.0
6d ago #Hungary #nuclear #plant 🌐 www.newsmart.ch +0.0
6d ago #Bulgaria 's Kozloduy nuclear power plant is on the brink of emergency output reduction as the water level of the Danube river is approaching a critically low point. balkangreenenergynews.com/danub… -4.0
6d ago Hungary opens sluice and sinks barges to protect nuclear plant as Danube levels fall https://t.co/MXPgpjxiUC — The Right News, Right Now. (@BradPorcellato) Aug 18, 2026 August 17, 2026 at 1… +1.0
6d ago Hungary in race against clock to stabilise Danube water levels as Paks nuclear plant faces critical days: Government’s intervention aims to secure cooling water supplies after an exceptionally seve… -7.0
6d ago Of all the unk-unks resulting from global warming, this one’s a doozy! Other recents: train tracks warping from desiccated supporting beds and nuke plant closures from shriveling rivers. -4.5
6d ago Tucson and Phoenix basically don't use water. Phoenix runs a massive nuclear power plant on wastewater (the only of its type in the world). +1.5
6d ago 3/ Every dollar spent on a nuclear plant that won't deliver power for over a decade is a dollar diverted away from wind, solar, and battery projects that could be deployed and reducing fossil fuel … -5.0
6d ago 2/ Defining "firm" power as a single asset (like a nuclear reactor or coal plant) that runs continuously. Energy models show that a grid can create "virtual firm power" by aggregating geographicall… +3.0
6d ago Hot tests completed at third Haiyang unit https://www.byteseu.com/2285023/ Tests that simulate the temperatures and pressures which the reactor systems will be subjected to during normal operatio… +3.5
6d ago ⚛️ #Spain just extended #Almaraz's license to 2030, past its 2027/28 shutdown dates. 🇪🇸 It supplies 7%+ of Spain's power. #Energy security concerns moved one plant's timeline, even with the 2035 #N… +2.0
6d ago Danube nears critically low level at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear plant https://www.byteseu.com/2284963/ Nuclear power plant Kozloduy in Bulgaria is on the brink of emergency output reduction as t… -7.5
6d ago A Russian state-controlled corporation building a nuclear power plant in Hungary is facing allegations of safety, security and engineering failures at another project in Egypt that uses the same te… ×2 -4.0
6d ago Hot tests completed at third Haiyang unit Tests that simulate the temperatures and pressures which the reactor systems will be subjected to during normal operation have been completed at unit 3 of… +4.0
6d ago "While Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military occupies Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant and attacks the country's power infrastructure, Europe and the United States still depend on Russian nucl… -5.0
6d ago Rosatom is turning Egypt’s El Dabaa nuclear plant into a circus of incompetence and corruption. Egyptian authorities caught the Russians with serious defects in the foundations of three reactor uni… -7.5
6d ago Russia's Rosatom is turning Egypt’s El Dabaa nuclear plant into a circus of incompetence and corruption. Egyptian authorities caught the Russians with serious defects in the foundations of three re… -6.5
6d ago yeah, and this is especially bad when the something is a nuclear power plant! i promise i care about this for reasons other than "60 miles from my house" -4.5
6d ago "The call for EU sanctions on Rosatom highlights the urgency of addressing the nuclear safety concerns, as Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the largest in Europe, has been under Russian … -8.0
6d ago "California’s last nuclear plant, Diablo Canyon, was supposed to shut down in 2025. Now, a growing coalition is pushing to extend that to 2045." https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-08-1… +3.0
6d ago Why Restarting a Nuclear Power Plant Can Be Much Harder Than Expected www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/b... -1.0
6d ago Will California let the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant keep operating beyond 2030? Gavin Newsom is punting the decision to the next governor, but there's growing political support for the idea: www.la… +1.0

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