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Gavin Blackburn

Romania shuts off second reactor at Cernavodă NPP amid low water levels on Danube

Romania halted operations of its only nuclear power plant on Thursday, a rare shutdown due to a drought scorching Europe that has caused the Danube river, whose waters cool the plant, to fall to record lows.

Much of Europe is facing another heatwave this summer amid droughts that have driven rivers to historic lows.

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