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Europe's nuclear fleet is being throttled by the same heatwave driving record demand, and the river-temperature rule meant to protect fish is quietly becoming the grid's biggest single point of failure

Across France, Spain, Germany and Poland this week, control room operators are watching two graphs at once: the air temperature outside, and the temperature of the river water flowing past their nuclear plants.