Romania shut down its only nuclear plant on Thursday, in a rare move due to drought that has caused the Danube river, whose waters cool the plant, to fall to record lows.

Romania's only operating reactor at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant has enough water to continue operating for another nine days, authorities said, as record-low Danube levels…

Heat and drought are curbing nuclear output across Europe, with Romania facing a possible reactor shutdown and France reducing generation.