Overview
- The Golfech plant has remained offline since Sunday night to prevent the Garonne River from exceeding its 28°C threshold
- Blayais is operating at reduced capacity to avoid raising temperatures in the Gironde estuary
- EDF is weighing a shutdown of Bugey as the Rhône approaches regulatory limits
- Forecasters predict the 40°C heatwave will persist through midweek, driving continued cooling restrictions
- EDF says the curbs will trim annual nuclear output by about 0.3% on average without disrupting the power grid