Romanian car factories to reopen after drought forced temporary nuclear power plant shutdown

Romanian car factories to reopen after drought forced temporary nuclear power plant shutdown

Romania stopped operations at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant due to low Danube water levels.

Romania dispatch: low Danube levels force shutdown of Cernavodă nuclear reactor

Romania's last operational nuclear reactor was shut down on August 13 after record-low water levels in the Danube threatened the availability of coolant water at the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant. The...

Romania shut its only nuclear plant after Danube water levels fell too low for cooling

Romania has been forced to shut down both reactors at its only nuclear power station after prolonged heat across Europe left the Danube too low to cool them, with no restart expected for over a weekProlonged drought has pushed Danube water levels to their lowest in decades, forcing Romania’s Cernavodă nuclear plant to shut down after its cooling system could no longer draw enough river water.Nuclear power plants need huge amounts of water to kee…