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Coverage dated August 3, 2026 to August 6, 2026

Romania rushes to sink 4 barges in the Danube to keep a nuclear power plant’s second reactor running

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Romania is racing to sink four barges into the Danube River to redirect water toward a nuclear power plant.

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  1. The Guardian

    South-eastern Europe faces heatwave energy crunch as Romania detonates Danube rock to increase water flow – Europe live (opens The Guardian)

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    Explosives used to move a large rock and let more water flow to cool nuclear power plant To give you an idea about the challenge Romania and Hungary are facing, the Danube’s water flow has fallen to 1,500 cubic meters per second in Romania, less than a third of its July average.

  2. Deutsche Welle

    Dry Danube River threatens nuclear power in Romania, Hungary (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant was operating at about 10% of capacity because of a lack of cooling riverwater. In Romania, the military blew up a rock outcrop in a bid to improve water flow to the Cernavoda plant.

  3. Semafor

    Romania's navy detonates part of Danube river to cool nuclear plant (opens Semafor)

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    Semafor's feed description

    Romanian naval forces blew up part of the drought-hit Danube river.

  4. Seattle Times

    Romania rushes to sink 4 barges in the Danube to keep a nuclear power plant’s second reactor running (opens Seattle Times)

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    Romania is racing to sink four barges into the Danube River to redirect water toward a nuclear power plant.

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