No, in the heatwave of this summer, some French nuclear plants had to be turned off because the rivers in which the cooling water had to be released had become

No, in the heatwave of this summer, some French nuclear plants had to be turned off because the rivers in which the cooling water had to be released had become too warm. (Further French nuclear plants had to be turned off due to technical problems.) So France had to import much energy to meet its demand. It was mainly Germany that helped out. The same problem affected – besides Belgium, Switzerland – Germany, too, though to a lesser degree (no pun intended) because Germany is less dependent on nuclear. https://www.businesslive.co.za/bloomberg/news/2022-08-03-france-to-cut-nuclear-power-as-rivers-fail-to-cool-plants/ https://www.businesslive.co.za/bloomberg/news/2022-08-03-fra... https://www.powermag.com/nuclear-power-production-curtailed-in-france-worsening-europes-energy-crisis/ https://www.powermag.com/nuclear-power-production-curtailed-... https://www.theenergymix.com/2022/08/07/failing-french-nuclear-plants-drive-up-electricity-costs-as-heat-wave-cuts-production/ https://www.theenergymix.com/2022/08/07/failing-french-nucle... https://www.grs.de/en/news/built-close-water-do-increasing-droughts-and-hot-spells-affect-nuclear-power-plants https://www.grs.de/en/news/built-close-water-do-increasing-d... https://www.thelocal.de/20090630/20301/ https://www.thelocal.de/20090630/20301/ [Rhine, too, heated up by nuclear plants]