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Bulgaria’s nuclear plant to cut capacity due to Danube’s low water level
The plant said the cut is its first in 52 years and will trim Unit 5 by about 120 megawatts to protect cooling operations.
- On Friday, Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant, Kozloduy, will cut capacity by about 12% due to the Danube River's low water levels. The state-owned facility relies on the river for cooling its two Soviet-made reactors.
- The ministry described an "ongoing unprecedented and critical decrease in the Danube River" prompting the cut. This marks the first time in the plant's 52-year operational history that power capacity has been reduced due to extreme hydrological conditions.
- Providing around 35% of Bulgaria's electricity, the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant operates two 1,000 MW Soviet-made reactors. Operators will cut capacity at Unit 5 by about 120 MW to "ensure the safe operation" of the facility.
- Romania's sole nuclear power producer, Nuclearelectrica, shut down its plant completely last week due to the low Danube. Hungary has also reduced nuclear output at its Paks plant as falling water levels impact power generation across Europe.
- Prime Minister Peter Magyar said the plant would start bringing turbines back online on Aug 23, with the facility expected to return to full power generation next week. Hungary's efforts include building a riverbed sill and partially submerging barges loaded with rocks.
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Bulgaria will become the latest European country to reduce its nuclear power generation on Friday due to a record drought ravaging the continent, the Bulgarian Energy Ministry said.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Yong-rae = Bulgaria has also decided to reduce nuclear power plant operations as the Danube River dries up due to a severe drought in Europe.
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