
The Now Show - 28th October
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
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LAUGHTER - I'm Afraid This Fish Is Overcooked.
Every method of generating electricity is controversial. Nuclear power is so shrouded in secrecy, we don't really know what's going on. France has 56 nuclear power stations mostly built on rivers. The heatwave made the river water so hot it could no longer be used to cool reactors because extra heat flowing back into the rivers made them even hotter. So hot in fact that they were endangering all fish that were swimming in them. That left them with only one choice if they were to avoid breaking French law. President Macron, we are shutting down the nuclear network. Why? Because otherwise our fish will be overcooked. Ah, meinon.
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