An influx of jellyfish has forced the shutdown of two reactors at the Torness nuclear power station in East Lothian.
Seawater is taken into the plant and filtered before it is used to cool the reactors, but the number of jellyfish coming through the system resulted in the filter systen becoming clogged.
Jellyfish, seaweed or other debris causing the flow of cooling water to be reduced is not an unusual situation.
The shutdown, which took place on June 28, was done as a precaution and the cooling sytstems performed properly during the procedure and both reactors are now safely shut down.
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