MOSCOW, August 3. /TASS/. The military in Romania used approximately 180 kg of explosives to destroy an underwater rock in the shallow Danube River to prevent the shutdown of the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant, Bloomberg reported.
Meanwhile, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar stated that the Paks Nuclear Power Plant could operate until "Monday or Tuesday" at its current reduced capacity, Reuters reported.
Serbian Prime Minister Duro Macut noted that the situation in the country's energy sector is difficult due to low power generation from hydroelectric power plants on the Danube.
TASS has compiled the main information on the situation.
- Due to a severe drought, the Danube's water level has dropped to a 30-year low of 1,700 cubic meters per second.
