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Low Water Levels on the Danube Force Hungary and Romania to Scale Back Nuclear Power Plants. Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar warned that the next five days can be critical for the country, as the Paks nuclear power plant is being forced to reduce output due to the extreme drought. Without enough cooling water, the nuclear power plant will be shut down completely on Monday for the first time in 44 years. The two-gigawatt plant generates around half of Hungary's electricity and had already been operating at just over 10% of its capacity. ”The power grid, our public services and all of us will be under enormous strain." Peter Magyar, Hungary’s Prime Minister. Although voluntary savings by households and businesses have reduced electricity demand, mandatory restrictions on power consumption may still be needed. Magyar is now preparing Hungary for the possibility that the crisis could last for weeks. The situation is similarly critical in neighbouring Romania, where a state of emergency has been declared for the whole of August after the Cernavodă nuclear power plant was forced to reduce its output. Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average. The repeated heatwaves have pushed river levels to historic lows, with consequences such as severe disruption to shipping.
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