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"Romanian naval forces carried out a controlled explosion to help redirect
vital cooling water from the drought-hit Danube to the country’s last working
nuclear reactor, while neighbouring Hungary said it may be able to eke out
two more days of power from its only atomic plant.
Hungary and Romania have been forced to shut down nuclear reactors cooled by
the Danube for the first time, as record-low water levels deepen fears of an
energy crisis across the region.
Romania has declared a nationwide state of emergency throughout August stemming
from a decline in electricity production after record low Danube river levels
led to the shutdown at the Cernavodǎ nuclear plant.
The Danube operation used 180kg of explosives, the
Adevărul newspaper
reported, to move a large rock restricting the flow of water in a blast that
sent a tower of water into the air. The extraordinary measure underlined the
scale of the crisis in Europe, where heat and drought have lowered river levels
and raised concerns about water supplies, river transport and power generation.
“Any day past Wednesday or Thursday that the nuclear power plant functions is a
gain,” Romania’s defence minister, Radu Miruță, said on Monday. “A day of it
functioning is three times more efficient than the costs of this operation.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
