A Mob of Alien Creatures Just Took 4 Nuclear Reactors Completely Offline
created: Aug. 15, 2025, 1 p.m. | updated: Aug. 20, 2025, 4:32 p.m.
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:A swarm of jellyfish shut down four of six nuclear reactors at the Gravelines power plant near Calais, France.
But there’s another accolade that they can affix to their already impressive biological resumé—they’re the scourge of nuclear reactors.
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The outlet also notes that in years past, similar jellyfish disruptions have impacted nuclear reactors around the world, including in Japan, Scotland, and Sweden.
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