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Hungary: Successive heatwaves drain Danube river used to cool nuclear plant

Hungary: Successive heatwaves drain Danube river used to cool nuclear plant
France 24 Sunday 02 August 2026, 08:55 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Hungary: Successive heatwaves drain Danube river used to cool nuclear plant Europe Issued on: Share Prolonged drought and extreme heat across Europe have also triggered an energy crisis. For the first time ever, Hungary announced the shutdown of the country’s only nuclear power plant, after water levels in the Danube fell to a record low. Peter O’Brien explains.
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