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France's Third Heat Wave: Nuclear Shutdowns and Paris Wildfires
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France is battling its third heat wave of 2026, and the scale of the crisis is becoming extraordinary.[1] NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports that museums, the Eiffel Tower, and other Paris tourist sites closed early over the weekend, while France's state-owned energy group temporarily shut down three nuclear reactors — an environmental protection measure required to prevent discharging dangerously hot water into rivers already warming from the heat. Forest fires are spreading across southern France, but the most striking development is a rare blaze in the Fontainebleau forest just south of Paris, home to a famous 15th-century chateau. As smoke billowed over the castle, the fire forced the closure of a major highway. In a vivid sign of how close the crisis has come to the French capital, the celebrated Canadair water-bomber aircraft — normally scooping from the Mediterranean to fight southern fires — are now pulling thousands of gallons from the Seine River itself.
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