The two operating units of Bulgaria's Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant continue to function normally despite the record low water level of the Danube River, the Ministry of Energy said in an updated statement. According to the ministry, the unusually low level of the Danube has already forced Hungary's Paks Nuclear Power Plant to suspend operations and is creating operational challenges for nuclear facilities in other countries along the river.

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…

Officials say they must shut down nation's sole nuclear plant as record-low Danube water levels disrupt reactor cooling.