Danube barges shield Romania's nuclear cooling amid drought

Romania deployed four rock-filled barges in the Danube to redirect water toward the Cernavodă nuclear plant to protect cooling-water supplies during severe drought; unexpectedly, the river level rose 1.6 inches in 24 hours, contrary to forecasts, potentially sustaining plant operations for about nine days. The facility's two CANDU-6 reactors normally generate roughly 18-20% of Romania's electricity.