France Cuts 6.4 GW of Nuclear Power as Heatwave Grips the Country

France’s nuclear power generation was slashed by 6.4 gigawatts (GW) on Monday amid a prolonged and intense heatwave that hiked river temperatures and limited the ability of the power plants to use the water to cool reactors. As many as eight reactors in France, which is Europe’s leader in nuclear power generation, were forced to curtail power output, according to data from the plants’ operator EDF and grid operator RTE cited by Reuters. The 6.4 GW of curtailed power output was equivalent to 14% of France’s overall power…