{
  "id": 1114703,
  "title": "Hungary sinks barges in Danube to keep its only nuclear power plant running",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/hungary-sinks-barges-in-danube-to-keep-its-only-nuclear-power-plant",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T19:54:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/nation/hungary-sinks-barges-to-keep-paks-nuclear-plant-operating-amid-low-danube-50632929.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hungary has begun emergency measures to keep its only nuclear power plant, Paks, operating amid critically low water levels in the Danube, sinking two barges near the facility to raise the water level and maintain cooling, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 15.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}