Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant was operating at about 10% of capacity because of a lack of cooling riverwater. In Romania, the military blew up a rock outcrop in a bid to improve water flow to the Cernavoda plant.

The Paks nuclear plant, located around 50 miles south of the capital Budapest, could face a shutdown for the first time in its 44 years of service due to a lack of water for…

Hungary’s only nuclear power plant is to shut down for the first time in its history due to record-low water levels on the Danube River, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said…

The Paks Nuclear Power Plant's water intake structure and cold-water canal working with water from the river Danube is pictured near Paks on July 31, 2026. [Photo/Agencies]