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Jellyfish Keep UK Nuclear Plant Shut [1]

An invasion of jellyfish into a cooling water pool at a Scottish nuclear power plant kept its nuclear reactors offline on Wednesday, a phenomenon which may grow more common in future, scientists said.

Two reactors at EDF Energy's Torness nuclear power plant on the Scottish east coast remained shut a day after they were manually stopped due to masses of jellyfish obstructing cooling water filter

Publication Date: 
30/06/2011
Karolin Schaps [2]
Planet Ark (Australia) [3]
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United Kingdom (UK) [4], Nuclear Power Plants [5], Nuclear Safety [6]
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