Romania nuclear shutdown after Danube drought hits Moldova and affects industry

Filed by Elara Myst

 By Ahmed AdelGlobal Research, September 02, 2026 The shutdown of the Cernavodă hydroelectric plant in Romania due to the Danube River drought had a ripple effect that even put Moldova on alert, exposing how, in the rush to impose sanctions on Russia for political reasons dictated by Brussels, lower-GDP countries in Eastern Europe face immediate and far more severe impacts than wealthier Western European countries.After a spring and early summer marked by well-below-average rainfall and...