Romania to shut down nuclear plant due to low Danube

Romania to shut down nuclear plant due to low Danube  euractiv.com

It will be the plant’s first shutdown since a 2003 drought, as unprecedented heatwaves and rain shortages across Europe this year have caused the level of the Danube -- whose waters help cool the plant -- to plummet.

Hungary is taking steps to raise the Danube River's level to keep its only nuclear power plant running

Hungary’s government plans interventions on Danube River to keep nuclear plant running  AP News

Gravelines power station left with only one of its six nuclear reactors operating at full capacity after jellyfish clogged pumps

The massive Gravelines nuclear power plant just 30 miles from Britain has been forced to close down in order to avoid disaster after a swarm of jellyfish got sucked into the cooling system on Monday

The nuclear power station on the North Sea coast has had jellyfish flooding into its filtration system. It is not the first time Graveline has faced this problem.

11 August 2026 Romania’s Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant has initiated the technical procedures preceding the controlled shutdown of its second nuclear reactor, the so-called Unit 2, due to the very low flow of the Danube. The river water was essential for the cooling of the pumps used by the plant. The shutdown of Unit

Jellyfish-hit French nuclear plant shuts down three reactors  reuters.com