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2026-08-07 13:15 UTC
Romania rushes to sink 4 barges in the Danube to keep a nuclear power plant’s second reactor running
"...BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania raced on Thursday to sink four barges laden with rock into the Danube River in an attempt to redirect water downstream toward a nuclear power plant, to buy more time before its second reactor is likely forced offline due to record-low water levels...."
https://apnews.com/article/romania-europe-nuclear-danube-drought-1ddb89604f06026c938363d57da53071
#nuclearpower #climateemergency
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@alg0w@social.vivaldi.net 2026-08-07 14:40
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org That's surprisingly dumb idea. Danube's flow is still around 1400 m³/s (at least from what I've checked). Good luck holding that flow with barges. And what they will do in the following years? In Hungary and Poland (different river but same process) they just shut down power plants.