# Falling Danube flow forces shutdown of Romania’s sole nuclear plant

https://mins.news/en/item/21233

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-13 12:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/13/falling-danube-flow-forces-shutdown-of-romanias-sole-nuclear-plant?traffic_source=rss

> Romania has paused operations at its only nuclear plant after record-low Danube water levels threatened the cooling supply. Nuclearelectrica began a controlled shutdown of the second reactor at Cernavoda after the first was closed last month. The plant normally produces about a fifth of the country’s electricity, while drought has pushed flows across much of the Danube to their lowest level in more than 30 years.

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