France has temporarily shut down three nuclear reactors and reduced electricity generation at eight others over intense heatwave.
A nuclear reactor is a facility that generates electricity by splitting uranium atoms to produce a large amount of heat.
Nuclear power plants rely on river water to cool their reactors before releasing the warmed water back into nearby waterways.
The shutdowns are intended to prevent excessive volumes of hot water from being discharged into rivers that have already been heated by soaring temperatures.
EDF, the French electricity utility, said on Sunday that the reactors were taken offline to comply with environmental regulations governing the discharge of cooling water into rivers.
“Due to the weather conditions and to comply with regulations on (cooling water) discharges, and thus to protect the environment, reactors at the Golfech, Bugey and Chooz plants, located on the banks of the Garonne,
