One of nuclear energy’s most compelling selling points is its reliability.
Nuclear reactors should be able to run day and night, unbothered by weather conditions. This quality has often given nuclear the edge over wind and solar in debates on sustainable baseload power.
However, an unfolding crisis across Central and Eastern Europe is testing that reputation.
The waterline of the Danube, the continent's second longest river, has fallen to levels not seen in living memory.
In Budapest, the river dropped to around 10cm on Monday, well below the previous all-time low of 33cm set in 2018.
