Severelines nuclear central, on the banks of the northern Sea of France, is the largest nuclear center in Western Europe.
Four reactors of the Nuclear Central of Severelines, in northern France, were disconnected on Monday due to the presence of nails in the water pump stations, the French Electricity company Edf said.
“These stoppages are the result of the massive and unpredictable presence of inhales in the lifting stations filter drums located in the non -nuclear part of the facilities,” the operator said.
The amaters entered the water pumping stations used to cool the reactorswhich caused the nuclear center closing, the EDF said on the site.
Units two, three, four and five were automatically shut down who “Any impact on the safety of facilities, workers’ safety or the environment“Guaranteed the company.
“The teams of the central are mobilized and to perform the diagnoses and interventions necessary to restart the production units with total security,” said EDF.
The Gravelines nuclear central, on the banks of the northern sea of France, It is the largest nuclear center in Western Europe having six 900 megawatts (MW) water reactors each and the production capacity.
The site should host two new generation reactors (EPR2), each with a capacity of 1,600 MW, by 2040.
The Severelines Central removes the water used in northern sea -linked channel cooling systems, the “habitat” of various native manifold species.
In 2021 happened in Scotland
In Scotland, in 2021, the Torness Nuclear Center, also owned by EDF, was forced to close for a weekdue to the presence of water inlet.
Nucrorecs also closed nuclear and coal centers, In Sweden, the United States and Japan.
