Low Rivers, High Stakes: Europe's Nuclear Cooling Crisis
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After rock blasting and barge sinking, they are trying to get enough water to Romania's shut-down nuclear power plant using new extraordinary methods.
Low Rivers, High Stakes: Europe's Nuclear Cooling Crisis
The extreme heat experienced across Europe in recent weeks has caused widespread disruption to nuclear power plants. Governments across the region have been forced to take extraordinary measures to keep nuclear facilities operating, but some are failing to meet their goals, with river levels at record lows. This is expected to have a significant impact on Europe’s GDP, with economic losses in the billions. Europe has endured five heatwaves so f…
LVZ - Leipziger Volkszeitung
rnd.deLow flow levels and high water temperatures, which make cooling more difficult, make nuclear power production fall sharply this summer. But there is a compensation.
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