A bright nuclear future: true or false? | Jeremy Leggett | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
5) This July, a heatwave shut a third of French reactors, because rivers became too hot to act as coolant. France was forced to import electricity from the UK.6) Things got little better as winter approached. With almost one third of France's reactors out of service for maintenance and other reasons, France will have to import electricity at peak hours during the winter - for the second year running - to avoid the risk of blackouts.
5) This July, a heatwave shut a third of French reactors, because rivers became too hot to act as coolant. France was forced to import electricity from the UK.
6) Things got little better as winter approached. With almost one third of France's reactors out of service for maintenance and other reasons, France will have to import electricity at peak hours during the winter - for the second year running - to avoid the risk of blackouts.
At least if you ignore evironmental and security of supply issues, if you include them the the too high nuclear fraction becomes more reasonable. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
