DANUBE DROUGHT CRISIS: Hungary PM Magyar Warns Climate Drought Threatens Nuclear Plant Shutdown!

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Hungary’s Paks Nuclear Power Plant is facing an unprecedented operational crisis after record-low water levels on the Danube River threatened the intake pumps vital for cooling its four reactors. Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar warned that severe heatwaves and prolonged drought across Central Europe have reduced river levels to historic negatives, forcing engineers to implement emergency measures to keep a single turbine operational and avert a complete plant shutdown for the first time in 44 years. Generating up to 40% of the nation’s electricity, the 2-gigawatt Soviet-built facility's reduced output has triggered energy-saving protocols across government infrastructure while raising urgent questions about the vulnerability of European nuclear power systems to accelerating climate extremes. #hungary #paks #danube #nuclear #breakingnews #topnews #worldnews #usnews #climatechange #energycrisis #europe #geopolitics In this Times Now World News report, we break down the this topi

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