Romania blasted apart a river rock to redirect cooling water, while Hungary imposed emergency restrictions as drought, extreme heat and record-low water levels crippled power generation

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…