Balgarianovinite.com Bulgaria’s Kozlouy N-plant is forced to reduce its output as the Danube is receding amid unprecedented drought. The Energy Ministry announced Thursday that it will “preventively lower the output of Kozloduy’s Unit 5 by some 120 MW on August 21”.
Unit 5 has a capacity to generate just over 1,000 MW.
The decision is part of the measures aiming to ensure the safe operation of the N-plant.
It is the first time in the 52-year history of the N-plant that it is forced to reduce its output due to extreme weather conditions.
The forecast is for the Danube to continue receding in the Bulgarian section, the Energy Ministry said.
The Ministry said that a work group for crisis management was established at Kozloduy in early June as the Danube level started dropping and the forecast was for extended drought in Western and Central Europe. A procedure was set in place with all necessary measures for ensuring the safe operation of the N-plant.
Kozloduy uses water from the Danube to cool the steam in the condensers located in the non-nuclear part of the plant. The Danube is not used for cooling the nuclear reactors. Water is supplied by the plant’s own shore-based pumping station, which was designed and built to ensure the necessary water volumes even at low river levels.
Kozloduy has so far been able to operating normally and ensure the security of the national and regional energy system under conditions in which a number of nuclear units in European countries along the Danube have been shut down or their output reduced to the technological minimum, the Energy Ministry recalled.
At the beginning of August, the operation of Hungary’s only nuclear power plant, Paks, was gradually reduced to critically low levels as the Danube dropped to record-low levels. In Romania, Unit 1 of the Cernavoda N-plant was shut down at the end of July and the country declared a nationwide state of heightened alert in the energy sector for the whole of August. Kozloduy N-Plant to Cut Output amid Unprecedented Danube Low 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-08-20 15:20:00 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
