France’s Gravelines Nuclear Faces Plant Partial Shutdowns
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Four production units were automatically shut down between 10 and 11 August after a "sudden and massive" arrival of jellyfish in the filter drums of seawater pumping stations. They have now restarted, EDF announced this Monday.
A massive failure of jellyfish in the filtration system had forced the plant to shut down since August 10 and 11.
At the beginning of August, jellyfish blocked the pumping stations at the Gravelines nuclear power plant in the North. The four reactors stopped for safety have restarted, EDF announced this Monday. - Invasion of jellyfish at the Gravelines nuclear power plant: all the reactors affected have restarted (Police, justice and other facts).
A massive failure of jellyfish in the filtration system had forced the plant to shut down since 10 and 11 August last All four reactors of the nuclear power plant


The four reactors in their (North) filtration systems shut down between 10 and 11 August due to massive failure of jellyfish in their filtration systems have now restarted.
EDF announced the gradual return to service of the stopped units in early August following a massive failure of the jellyfish in the pumping systems.
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