Cernavodă nuclear plant water intake at risk as Danube dredging contract lapses

The dredging contract securing water supply for the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant expired on 30 August and has not been renewed, leaving critical equipment idle despite record-low Danube levels in September. No government decision has been issued to continue riverbed works, and authorities have not explained the lapse. This raises the risk of cooling-water shortages at the plant, which supplies a significant share of Romania's electricity.