nuclear
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“In Hungary, the Paks nuclear power plant was taken offline over the weekend after cooling-water levels from the Danube River fell to their lowest in more than four decades,” says Antonia Syn from Rystad Energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Low water levels are making it impossible for some nuclear power plants to run their cooling systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
At lower energies, nuclear stopping initially slows the matter down, producing deceleration of up to about 500 MeV.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
Last week, the waters of the Danube fell to the lowest levels for 30 years in several countries, including Serbia and Romania, forcing Hungary to shut down its only nuclear power plant.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
They remember several long weeks in March 2011 when they turned on the news every day and saw thick smoke billowing from nuclear reactors, carrying potentially deadly radiation into the environment.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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