Heat crisis at the river Danube threatens power supply
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It is very hot in Europe. It rains hardly. The river Danube has very little water. This is a big problem for power.
In Hungary the nuclear power plant uses water for cool. The plant gets too hot without water. It gives less power now. The government tells firms to save power. The lack of power costs much money.
Romania fights the dryness too. The army blasts a rock in the river. More water flows to the power plant now. One reactor stops working there. The blast helps the second reactor.
Farms suffer from the dry time. Plants like corn die on the fields. Ships can not drive on the river. Many ships wait in the water. Experts see no rain soon.
In Hungary the nuclear power plant uses water for cool. The plant gets too hot without water. It gives less power now. The government tells firms to save power. The lack of power costs much money.
Romania fights the dryness too. The army blasts a rock in the river. More water flows to the power plant now. One reactor stops working there. The blast helps the second reactor.
Farms suffer from the dry time. Plants like corn die on the fields. Ships can not drive on the river. Many ships wait in the water. Experts see no rain soon.
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Definitions
- Nuclear power plant
- A plant that makes power and needs much water to cool down.
- Reactor
- The main part of a nuclear power plant that makes energy.
- Vegetation period
- The time of the year when plants grow and bloom.
People
- Péter Magyar
- The current prime minister of Hungary.
- Radu Miruță
- The defense minister of Romania.
- Viktor Orbán
- Former prime minister of Hungary.
Locations
- Hungary
- A country in central Europe that suffers from the heat wave.
- Romania
- A country in southeast Europe where the river Danube flows.
- Paks
- A town in Hungary with the only nuclear power plant of the country.
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