{
  "id": 607736,
  "title": "Jellyfish impact France’s largest nuclear power plant",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/jellyfish-impact-frances-largest-nuclear-power-plant",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Qatar Tribune",
    "slug": "qatar-tribune",
    "url": "https://www.qatar-tribune.com/article/248357/world/jellyfish-impact-frances-largest-nuclear-power-plant"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jellyfish have caused significant disruptions at France's largest nuclear power plant, Gravelines, situated on the northern English Channel coast. Électricité de France, the plant's operator, reported that three reactors are entirely shut down, while a fourth is functioning at reduced capacity. Only one reactor remains operational under normal circumstances. One of the six reactors is currently undergoing maintenance. EDF reassured that the situation does not pose any safety risk to the plant, its personnel, or the environment. However, the exact location where the jellyfish washed ashore and the specific mechanism by which they disrupted the plant were not disclosed. Last year, a similar incident occurred at the plant, with a large influx of jellyfish causing several days of shutdown and damage to the filtration systems. Gravelines is among nearly 20 nuclear power plants in France, positioned roughly midway between Calais and Dunkirk.",
  "summary": "dpaParis Jellyfish have severely impacted operations at France’s largest nuclear power plant at Gravelines at the northern end of the English Channel, operator Électricité de Franc...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}