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Danube drought shuts Hungary’s only nuclear plant as Brussels weighs emergency talks
['Brussels Signal', "Antonio O'Mullony", 'Claire Lemaire']
Brussels Signal
Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant has stopped producing electricity for the first time in its 44 years of service, after record-low water levels on the Danube left its Soviet-built reactors without enough cooling water.
The last unit was powered down late on August 2 or on August 3, he told commercial broadcaster RTL.
Magyar said the plant could stay out of service for more than a month, with no significant rainfall forecast for the drought-hit region.
The plant draws river water to cool its condensers.
Its army detonated a rock formation in the Danube on August 3 to push more water towards the Cernavodă nuclear plant, where one of two reactors has been offline since July 28.