Jellyfish force French nuclear plant to shut down

Getty Images A still image of the Gravelines nuclear power plant, with three stone-coloured units connected by a large white wall, set behind a stretch of empty coast with the tide out.Getty Images

The Gravelines nuclear power plant is cooled from a canal connected to the North Sea

A French nuclear plant temporarily shut down on Monday due to a “massive and unpredictable presence of jellyfish” in its filters, its operator said.

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