Romania's army used 180 kilograms of explosives on Monday in an attempt to redirect water into the main channel of the Danube River, aiming to prevent the shutdown of the Cernavodă nuclear power plant.
The operation was carried out as the river registers historically low water levels, a result of drought conditions and repeated heat waves affecting the region.
Why the Danube levels matter
The Cernavodă plant depends on water from the Danube, and the falling levels had raised the risk that operations at the facility could be halted. The explosives were used to push water back toward the river's principal channel to keep the flow reaching the plant.
