Romania blasts rock to divert water from drought-hit Danube to nuclear reactor
Hungary and Romania face energy crisis as record-low river levels force atomic power plants to reduce output Europe live – latest updates Romanian naval forces
Hungary and Romania face energy crisis as record-low river levels force atomic power plants to reduce output Europe live – latest updates Romanian naval forces carried out a controlled explosion to help redirect vital cooling water from the drought-hit Danube to the country’s last working nuclear reactor, as neighbouring Hungary said it may be able to eke out two more days of power from its only atomic plant.
Hungary and Romania have been forced to shut down nuclear reactors cooled by the Danube for the first time, as record-low water levels deepen fears
of an energy crisis across the region. Romania has declared a nationwide state of emergency throughout August stemming from a decline in electricity production after
record low Danube river levels led to the shutdown at the Cernavodǎ nuclear plant. Continue reading...
