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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.
Romania’s sole nuclear plant at Cernavodă is offline due to heat-driven low Danube water levels, with restart not expected for at least 10 days and about 20% of the country’s electricity supply at risk.
A severe regional heatwave and drought drive Romania to detonate underwater rocks to redirect Danube water to the Cernavodă nuclear plant for cooling, as Hungary battles energy strain and other SE European economies face reduced hydropower and production shutdowns due to low river levels.