Europe's Record Heatwave Kills 25,000, Dries Rivers, Shuts Nuclear Plant, Exposes Submerged Warships
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Romania has to shut down its only nuclear power plant, France a whole series of reactors. In Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant, one last reactor is being run with difficulty:
Europe's Record Heatwave Kills 25,000, Dries Rivers, Shuts Nuclear Plant, Exposes Submerged Warships
"The European Union's Copernicus climate monitoring service confirmed Monday that June and July were the hottest on record in western Europe," according to a report from the CBC. "The period saw an estimated 25,000 heat-related deaths." CNN has before-and-after photos of Europe's drying rivers, ...
Low water levels are putting pressure on hydroelectric and nuclear power plants in Europe, leading to regional shortages of electricity. At the same time, solar power is reaching record levels. However, prices rise sharply in the evenings due to a lack of storage capacity and flexible demand.
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