Low water in the Danube
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Low water in the Danube threatens Romania’s Cernavoda nuclear plant

The Danube’s flow in Romania has fallen to 1,500 cubic meters per second - less than a third of the average in July. On Monday, the military used 180 kilograms of explosives to remove rocks near the Bala Canal in an attempt to divert water toward the Cernavoda nuclear power plant.

Romania is struggling with record-low water levels in the Danube River, which have led to significant reductions in electricity production and disruptions to shipping and agriculture.

The authorities in the country have previously shut down one reactor unit at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant, but now the plant's second reactor is at risk of being shut down.

In Hungary, it was announced on Sunday that the country's only nuclear power plant in Paks was at risk of being completely shut down, but on Monday engineers had secured operation in one of the plant's reactors.

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