Drought forces Cernavodă shutdown
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2026 10:41 amDrought forces Cernavodă shutdown
August 14, 2026
QUOTE: "Unit 1 was taken offline in late July, leaving both of the Romania's 706 MWe CANDU reactors out of service."
EXCERPT: "Energy ministries are evaluating multi-million-euro infrastructure upgrades. The primary long-term plan involves transitioning plants from once-through cooling to closed-loop systems using cooling towers, reducing direct river water extraction. The crisis is directly impacting future energy plans. Hungary is reviewing design adjustments for its upcoming Paks 2 nuclear expansion, forcing engineers to alter the Rosatom blueprints to include alternative hybrid cooling setups."
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August 14, 2026
QUOTE: "Unit 1 was taken offline in late July, leaving both of the Romania's 706 MWe CANDU reactors out of service."
EXCERPT: "Energy ministries are evaluating multi-million-euro infrastructure upgrades. The primary long-term plan involves transitioning plants from once-through cooling to closed-loop systems using cooling towers, reducing direct river water extraction. The crisis is directly impacting future energy plans. Hungary is reviewing design adjustments for its upcoming Paks 2 nuclear expansion, forcing engineers to alter the Rosatom blueprints to include alternative hybrid cooling setups."
More: [ https://www.neimagazine.com/news/drough ... n/?cf-view ]