France Nuclear Power Outage: Extreme Weather and Jellyfish Cripple Grid

Panne du nucléaire en France : les conditions météorologiques extrêmes et les méduses paralysent le réseau

France’s nuclear energy infrastructure, long considered the backbone of the nation’s electricity supply, is facing an unprecedented crisis. On Wednesday, August 12, 2026, more than one-fifth of the country’s nuclear generating capacity—20.4%—went offline, marking the largest shortfall due to environmental constraints since at least 2015.  The combination of extreme heat, drought, and a massive jellyfish […]