The investment is expected to provide a temporary solution for avoiding a complete shutdown of the Paks power plant in case of low Danube water levels, until a permanent solution can be implemented.

Hungary is beginning to restore generation at the Paks nuclear plant as rising Danube water levels ease a regional power crisis caused by extreme drought and heat.

The Danube's level at Paks, south of Budapest, has risen by about 19 centimetres from its previous low, allowing the first additional Paks nuclear plant turbine to be restarted…