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Romania has for the first time completely shut down its only nuclear power plant due to the Danube's shallowing.

Romania has for the first time completely shut down its only nuclear power plant due to the Danube's shallowing.

The Danube energy crisis has reached its logical limit. On August 13, 2026, both reactors at Romania's only nuclear plant, Cernavodă, were fully shut down.

Armenia chooses between the US, France, China, Russia and South Korea for a new nuclear power plant.

Armenia chooses between the US, France, China, Russia and South Korea for a new nuclear power plant.

While Kazakhstan has settled on a single partner for its future nuclear plant, Armenia chose the opposite strategy—holding parallel talks with five countries at once.

Jellyfish halt France's largest nuclear plant for second straight year

Jellyfish halt France's largest nuclear plant for second straight year

French nuclear reactors have a new summer shutdown cause: not just heat, but jellyfish clogging cooling systems.

Physicists learned to monitor shut-down reactors via antineutrinos

Physicists learned to monitor shut-down reactors via antineutrinos

An international physics team used the Chooz antineutrino detector for the first time not for fundamental research, but to remotely monitor shut-down reactors and spent fuel.

First VVER-1200 reactor in Turkey set to generate power by year-end

First VVER-1200 reactor in Turkey set to generate power by year-end

While field work at Balkhash winds down and Kazakhstan prepares for the active phase of its first NPP, Turkey is set to launch the world's first serial reactor of the exact type Rosatom will build in Kazakhstan.

Can a nuclear power plant explode like an atomic bomb — examining the future reactor near Balkhash

Can a nuclear power plant explode like an atomic bomb — examining the future reactor near Balkhash

As the Balkhash NPP moves from talks to concrete engineering, a key safety question arises: can a reactor explode like a nuclear bomb?

Slovenia also reduced nuclear power output due to heat — following Hungary and Romania.

Slovenia also reduced nuclear power output due to heat — following Hungary and Romania.

European nuclear plants hit by summer heat grow again.