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  "id": 16878,
  "title": "Hungary plans to shut down only nuclear power plant amid drought",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/hungary-plans-to-shut-down-only-nuclear-power-plant-amid-drought",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-02T00:49:25.000Z",
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    "name": "Al Jazeera",
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    "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/2/hungary-plans-to-shut-down-only-nuclear-power-plant-amid-drought?traffic_source=rss"
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  "summary": "Officials say they must shut down nation's sole nuclear plant as record-low Danube water levels disrupt reactor cooling.",
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      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Hungary to shut sole nuclear plant for first time on Sunday",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/hungary-to-shut-sole-nuclear-plant-for-first-time-on-sunday",
        "published": "2026-08-02T02:16:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Hungary’s PM announces closure of nuclear plant due to heatwave",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/hungarys-pm-announces-closure-of-nuclear-plant-due-to-heatwave",
        "published": "2026-08-02T05:33:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Hungary: Successive heatwaves drain Danube river used to cool nuclear plant",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/hungary-successive-heatwaves-drain-danube-river-used-to-cool-nuclear",
        "published": "2026-08-02T08:55:03.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
}