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Romania adopts new measures to boost Danube waters to cool Cernavoda nuclear plant

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By Reuters, August 22, 2026, Reporting ​by Marek Strzelecki, Editing by Alexandra Hudson https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/romania-adopts-new-measures-boost-danube-waters-cool-cernavoda-nuclear-plant-2026-08-22/ WARSAW, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Romania’s National Committee for Emergency Situations approved new measures to ​boost the water level of ‌the River Danube and ensure cooling of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant, the ​government press of…

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The extremely low level of the Danube endangers the functioning of the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant and obliges authorities to take swift action. The Bala-Cernavoda Interministerial Committee has established new emergency solutions to maintain the necessary water flow in the cooling area of the two reactors, following that technical measures are implemented and evaluated in several stages over the coming weeks.

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The level of the Danube River would increase at the entry into the country in the next week, but the forecast remains below the rate recorded at the stop of Unit 1. Restarting the nuclear power plant from Cernavoda "depends on the debts of the Danube", said Digi24 Sorin Elisea, Secretary General in the Ministry of Energy. Article Sorin Elisea, Secretary General in the Ministry of Energy, announces when the central power plant from Cernavoda coul…

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Restarting the nuclear power plant from Cernavoda "depends on the debts of the Danube", said Digi24 Sorin Elisea, Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy. The level of the river would increase at the entry into the country in the next week, but the forecast remains below the flow recorded at the stop of Unit 1. The official stated that the Government is preparing a communication on the solutions analyzed for the resumption of production.

·Bucharest, Romania
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The Interministerial Committee on Bala-Cernavoda has examined new measures to ensure the necessary flow in the cooling area of the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant, on the basis of the extremely low levels of the Danube. According to the Government, the solutions will be applied and evaluated in the following

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The authorities take into account several solutions to ensure the water needed to cool the reactors at CNE Cernavoda, under the conditions that the Danube reached an extremely low level, informed Thursday...

While Romania is facing a prolonged drought that has severely affected agricultural crops and water reserves, and the central Cernavoda has been stopped, the Danube is showing signs of return.

·Bucharest, Romania
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