Hungarians are bracing for blackouts as the Paks Nuclear Power Plant was shut down amid the European heatwave. Paks, which supplies almost half of the country's electricity, had to stop generating power because of record-low water levels in the Danube River, which is essential for cooling the plant.
'Due to the further drop in the Danube's water level, one of the last two generating units at the Paks Nuclear Power Plant will be shut down at 1:30 a.m.,' announced Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar on his social media accounts. 'As a result, the plant's output will fall to just 240 megawatts, and tomorrow it will be completely shut down for the first time in 44 years.'
