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Cernavoda Unit 2 shutdown

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Where it stands

Cernavoda disconnected Unit 2 on 14 August 2026 as Danube levels fell extremely low after prolonged heat. With Unit 1 already shut down, the plant was fully offline, removing about 20 percent of Romania’s electricity supply; no return-to-service update is reported.

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    1. Update 1Romania Loses a Fifth of Its Power as Danube Starves Nuclear Plant

    The story so far

    1. Update 1

      Romania Loses a Fifth of Its Power as Danube Starves Nuclear Plant

      Both 706 MW Cernavoda reactors shut over record-low Danube water, wiping out about a fifth of national power and forcing Romania to lean on imports.

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      • No firm public restart date is established in the available sources.
      • No verified basin-wide flow statistics or first-since date are established in the provided sources.

    History

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    Who's involved

    Places

    • Cernavoda Nuclear Power PlantStrada Medgidiei, 905200 Cernavodă, Romania1 report
    • Danube RiverDanube1 report
    • Paks Nuclear PlantPaks, hrsz 8803/17, 7030 Hungary1 report
    • RomaniaRomania1 report

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