Romania could shut down nuclear reactor this week as Danube levels fall

Romanian state-owned nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica ROSNN.BX could shut down its last working reactor on August 13 as levels on the Danube river continue to fall, it said on Tuesday, despite efforts to divert cooling water to the plant.

Record-low river levels forced Nuclearelectrica to shut down one reactor in late July. The company has two reactors in Cernavoda on the Danube accounting for a fifth of the country’s power output....