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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Lorenzo Tondo and agencies

Romania blasts rock to divert water from drought-hit Danube to nuclear reactor

Romanian naval forces carried out a controlled explosion to help redirect vital cooling water from the drought-hit Danube to the country’s last working nuclear ⁠reactor, while neighbouring Hungary ​said it may be able to eke out two more days of power from its only atomic plant.

Hungary and Romania have been forced to shut down nuclear reactors cooled by the Danube for the first time, as record-low water levels deepen fears of an energy crisis across the region.

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