Romania diverts Danube water in race to save nuclear reactors from shutdown

Record low water levels threaten to close the two reactors – which supply a fifth of the country's electricity

06 August 2026 ING Bank, in a research update, pictures a quite optimistic macroeconomic scenario with growth rebounding to 2.3% next year from a 0.5% contraction in 2026, fiscal consolidation in line with plans this year and “reasonable chances” of close to full Resilience Facility money absorption despite implementat

Europe's nuclear fleet hopes to dodge summer shutdowns  euractiv.com

Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant was operating at about 10% of capacity because of a lack of cooling riverwater. In Romania, the military blew up a rock outcrop in a bid to improve water flow to the Cernavoda plant.

Europe’s brutal heatwave has already sparked record-breaking temperatures, deadly wildfires and mass evacuations. Now a new crisis looms: an energy shortage

Hungary’s only nuclear plant on brink of shutdown as Europe heatwave threatens energy crisis  CNN