Romania rushes to sink 4 barges in the Danube to keep a nuclear power plant’s second reactor running
Extreme heatwaves and low rainfall across the region have left the Danube at record lows over the past week, forcing the shutdown of a reactor at Romania’s Cernavoda nuclear plant last week. The state-owned nuclear power plant accounts for about 20% of the country’s electricity generation when fully operational and uses river water to cool its reactors.
Great! They'll get an extra 5 days of juice out of the plant by sinking the barges. Not exactly a long term fix.
So far the FSoA is skating through the global drought's power generation crisis, but may not make it thru the summer. Lake Mead has reached 3521 ft and is close to deadpool level. Same issue all along the Colorado River. Another month, LA & Vegas may join the cities on the Danube in Europe without water enough to generate electricity. It's not just an Oil problem.
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