(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on June 23, 2026 shows (top) a worker making their way across an access road to the Golfech nuclear power station to the Golfech nuclear power station, during a protest by farmers over a number circumstances affecting their sector, in Golfech, southern France, on January 22, 2024 and (bottom) a view of the stopped Golfech nuclear power plant in southwestern France after its shutdown on June 22 evening, due to "environmental constraints" related to an ongoing heatwave, in Golfech on June 23, 2026. France's powerful farming union on January 22 threatened a week or more of protest action as it was poised to meet with the prime minister. The unions have demanded concrete government action to address their grievances, which they say include excessive financial charges and environmental protection rules. In periods of extreme heat, rising river temperatures can force EDF to reduce, or even halt, its production in order to avoid further warming the waterways. The operation of the plants is governed by maximum heating thresholds for bodies of water, which must not be exceeded, in order to protect wildlife and plant life. (Photo by Ed JONES and Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP via Getty Images)