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  "id": 788830,
  "title": "Romania begins shutdown of nuclear plant's 2nd reactor amid low water levels on Danube River",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/romania-begins-shutdown-of-nuclear-plants-2nd-reactor-amid-low-water-788830",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-13T16:58:42.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/romania-begins-shutdown-of-nuclear-plants-2nd-reactor-amid-low-water-levels-on-danube-river"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Scorching heat and low rainfall in recent weeks have left the Danube River at record lows and forced the state-owned Cernavoda plant to shut down its first reactor in late July.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Romania begins shutdown of nuclear plant’s 2nd reactor amid low water levels on Danube River",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/romania-begins-shutdown-of-nuclear-plants-2nd-reactor-amid-low-water",
        "published": "2026-08-13T10:23:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Balkan Insight",
        "title": "Romania Shuts Nuclear Reactor on Danube as Power Crisis Deepens",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/romania-shuts-nuclear-reactor-on-danube-as-power-crisis-deepens",
        "published": "2026-08-13T10:41:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Falling Danube flow forces shutdown of Romania’s sole nuclear plant",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/falling-danube-flow-forces-shutdown-of-romanias-sole-nuclear-plant",
        "published": "2026-08-13T12:30:08.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "RFI English",
        "title": "Romania shuts down nuclear plant due to low level of drought-hit Danube",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/romania-shuts-down-nuclear-plant-due-to-low-level-of-drought-hit",
        "published": "2026-08-13T13:28:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Romania shuts only nuclear plant as heat causes huge drop in Danube River level",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/romania-shuts-only-nuclear-plant-as-heat-causes-huge-drop-in-danube",
        "published": "2026-08-13T16:05:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tempo.co English",
        "title": "Low Danube Water Levels Force Shutdown of Romania's Cernavoda Nuclear Plant",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/low-danube-water-levels-force-shutdown-of-romanias-cernavoda-nuclear",
        "published": "2026-08-13T16:47:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Romania shuts nuclear plant as Danube drops",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/romania-shuts-nuclear-plant-as-danube-drops",
        "published": "2026-08-13T18:54:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Romania shuts nuclear plant, Hungary dams dry Danube River",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/romania-shuts-nuclear-plant-hungary-dams-dry-danube-river",
        "published": "2026-08-13T21:21:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Romania shuts nuclear plant as Danube drops",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/romania-shuts-nuclear-plant-as-danube-drops-815033",
        "published": "2026-08-13T21:54:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Romania shuts only nuclear plant as heat causes huge drop in Danube River level",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/romania-shuts-only-nuclear-plant-as-heat-causes-huge-drop-in-danube-810614",
        "published": "2026-08-13T21:54:58.000Z"
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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."
}