Roma ia
has
placed
its
e e gy
secto
u de
a
atio wide
30-day
state
of
ale t
afte
the
Da ube
ive
levels
fell
to
exceptio ally
low
levels.
This
has
fo ced
U it
1
at
the
Ce avodă
uclea
pla t
offli e
a d
put
U it
2
u de
co ti uous
eview.Eme ge cy
ive
wo ks
have
kept
U it
2
o li e
fo
ow,
but
the
latest
hyd ological
outlook
says
levels
a ou d
the
pla t
may
keep
falli g
th ough
Aug.
16.
While
Roma ia
has
bought
seve al
days,
it
has
ot
solved
the
wate
c isis.
The
fall
of
the
Da ube
The
Da ube
is
the
Eu opea
U io ’s
lo gest
ive
a d
flows
fo
2860
km
f om
Ge ma y
to
the
Black
Sea.
The
ive ‘s
level
has
falle
to
a
eco d
low
due
to
a
seve e
d ought
i
ce t al
Eu ope.
It
has
caused
e e gy
a d
wate
sho tages
alo g
with
p oblems
fo
ive
ba ges
a d
fe ies.
The
low
levels
of
wate
also
impact
wildlife,
with
fish
u able
to
su vive
as
wate
tempe atu es
a d
pollutio
co ce t atio
levels
ise
while
oxyge
levels
decli e.At
Roma ia’s
upst eam
e t y
poi t,
the
Da ube
was
flowi g
at
1,650
cubic
met es
pe
seco d
o
July
28,
a ou d
o e-thi d
of
the
lo g-te m
July
ave age
of
4,750.
By
August
6,
the
flow
had
falle
to
about
1,400
cubic
mete s
pe
seco d,
matchi g
the
lowest
level
cited
i
Roma ia’s
histo ical
eco ds.
State-ow ed
uclea
powe
p oduce
Nuclea elect ica
shut
U it
1
dow
i
a
co t olled
ma e
o
July
28
u de
p ocedu es
fo
seve e
d ought.
The
ope ato
st essed
that
the
p eve tive
shutdow
had
o
impact
o
uclea
safety,
pla t
pe so el,
o
the
e vi o me t.Ce avodă
has
two
oughly
700-megawatt
u its
that
o mally
p ovide
about
18
to
20%
of
Roma ia’s
elect icity.
Losi g
o e
u it
the efo e
emoves
a
substa tial
block
of
steady
ge e atio
just
as
sticky
summe
heat
pushes
up
eve i g
dema d.
Da ube
is
a
pa t
of
the
pla t’s
i f ast uctu e
because
its
wate
suppo ts
the
systems
that
emove
heat
a d
keep
ope ati g
pa amete s
i side
the
app oved
ma gi s.
Whe
i take
co ditio s
become
too
poo ,
shutti g
a
u it
befo e
those
ma gi s
a e
squeezed
is
the
safety
measu e
wo ki g
as
i te ded.
