Balgarianovinite.com Emergency dredging operations began on Tuesday in the Romanian section of the Danube River in an effort to increase the river’s flow near Romania’s only nuclear power plant (NPP), Cernavoda, which has already shut down one reactor due to drought, local media reported.
Romanian authorities have already taken measures to ensure the safe operation of the plant, including sinking four barges loaded with rocks to create an artificial weir and divert part of the river’s flow toward the nuclear facility. However, these measures failed to produce the expected result, Digi24 reported.
At an emergency meeting on Tuesday, the Romanian government allocated an additional RON 5.1 million to continue dredging operations aimed at deepening the riverbed and ensuring the flow required for the plant to operate safely. The new funding comes after RON 7 million was allocated on July 31 for the sinking of the barges, Digi24 recalled.
The television channel said the water level of the Danube near the Cernavoda nuclear plant is now just 3 cm above the level at which a second reactor would also have to be shut down.
The problem with Danube’s low water level was also discussed in Brussels during an online meeting of the European Commission’s Electricity Coordination Group on Tuesday, Digi24 reported.
Romania is asking European Commission representatives to take the necessary steps to activate a procedure in case the country needs electricity but is no longer able to purchase it from other sources. At the same time, efforts are made to renegotiate a deadline under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, which requires coal-fired power plants to be shut down by August 31. The goal is to postpone the deadline and keep all coal-fired power plants operational until the energy crisis has passed, Digi24 reported.
Nuclearelectrica, the state-owned company that operates the Cernavoda NPP, said on Tuesday that the plant’s second reactor could also be shut down on August 13 as the level of the Danube continues to fall, Reuters reported. The NPP has only two reactors, which together account for around 20% of Romania’s electricity generation.
“The possibility of a controlled shutdown of the second reactor is based on monitoring the weather forecast for the coming period, the falling level of the Danube River and operational parameters,” Nuclearelectrica said. Romania Starts Emergency Dredging Operations in Danube near Cernavoda NPP 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-08-11 10:24:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law