Installation of 5th reactor containment tier starts at El Dabaa nuclear plant

Installation of the fifth tier of the reactor building inner containment of the first unit at Egypt’s El Dabaa nuclear power plant has started, the Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) said on Saturday. The inner containment structure is a cylindrical structure housing the nuclear reactor and equipment belonging to th

Almost exactly a year after I wrote about how one of the biggest nuclear power plants in Europe was shut down by a swarm of jellyfish that clogged its cooling system, it happened again. According to Reuters, three reactors at France’s Gravelines nuclear power plant were taken offline Monday after a massive jellyfish sw

14 August 2026 Strong wind, the prosumers shifting their input during peak hours, and the imports from Bulgaria helped Romania’s power system on the first day after Nuclearelectrica shut down its last reactor on August 13, leaving the country without nearly 20% of its electricity production. The electricity provided by

Romanian state-owned nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica has started the process of disconnecting its sole working reactor from the power grid due to record low Danube river levels, it said on Thursday.

Romania's Nuclearelectrica starts shutting down sole working nuclear reactor over drought  Reuters

Scorching heat and low rainfall in recent weeks have left the Danube River at record lows and forced the state-owned Cernavoda plant to shut down its first reactor in late July.

Scorching heat and low rainfall in recent weeks have left the Danube River at record lows and forced the state-owned Cernavoda plant to shut down its first reactor in late July.

Romania begins shutdown of nuclear plant's 2nd reactor amid low water levels on Danube River  Toronto Star

Romania has begun a controlled shutdown of the second reactor at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant

Romania has begun a controlled shutdown of the second reactor at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant