Romania shut down the second unit at the Cernavodă nuclear power station on 13 August because of a drought that has caused record lows on the Danube River.

State nuclear operator Nuclearelectrica had already shut Unit 1 at the two-unit Cernavodă, the country’s only commercial nuclear power station, last month.

On Thursday, it said it needed to shut the second “because of the significant and ongoing drop in the water level of the Danube River”.