Heatwave Pushes Central Europe Into Energy Crisis As Nuclear Plants Struggle

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau ChiefBUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Hungary’s only nuclear power plant was operating at just over 10 percent of capacity Tuesday after narrowly avoiding an unprecedented complete shutdown, while neighboring Romania used military explosives to clear a rocky obstruction and improve water flow to its own nuclear station during an intense heatwave.The crisis, driven by prolonged drought and record-low water levels in the Danube River, has strained electric