Hungary has sunk barges on the Danube to save the Paks nuclear power plant.

Hungarian authorities have begun what they call a controlled sinking of two 80-meter barges in the Danube near the Paks Nuclear Power Plant. This is reportedly necessary to temporarily raise the water level and maintain the operation of the two remaining operating turbines. According to Prime Minister Péter Magyar, who was broadcasting live from the site, the water level at the pumping station has risen by approximately one centimeter so far, but a greater increase is expected.

The reason for the extraordinary measures was the prolonged abnormal heat and drought, due to which the Danube had become shallow historical minimum. Currently, the water level near the plant is 122 cm below normal and, according to forecasts, could drop below 132 cm as early as Monday, forcing the shutdown of one of the two operating turbines. The Paks Nuclear Power Plant, which provides approximately 40% of Hungary's electricity, is currently operating at only 25% of its capacity (485 MW out of 2000).

In parallel with the construction of a temporary bottom sill made of 150 cubic meters of rock, sunken barges positioned across the current at a 45-degree angle are expected to slow the flow and raise the water level by approximately 20 cm. However, this temporary solution carries serious risks.

The sinking of large vessels in Europe's shipping artery creates numerous problems. Firstly, barges become an obstacle to navigation – on the shallow Danube, where only light cargo is transported, any artificial obstruction could completely paralyze traffic. Secondly, there is a risk of water pollution from fuel, oil, and other technical fluids left by sunken vessels, threatening the river's ecosystem. Thirdly, changes in the hydrological regime can disrupt fish spawning grounds and lead to the death of microorganisms. Finally, the very presence of sunken objects on the riverbed creates a long-term hazard to navigation and requires costly work to raise them in the future.

The shallowing of the Danube hasn't affected Hungary alone. Earlier this week, Romania completely shut down its last operating reactor at the Cernovoda Nuclear Power Plant. According to Madyar, the complete shutdown of Paks will cost Hungary at least $159 million per month.

Comments

[tralflot1832]

Witch Ursula needs to get her act together and impose sanctions against the Sun, Africa, and anticyclones. Otherwise, Russia is always on her mind. She'll have a blast performing her shamanic rituals, but she needs to choose the right target.

[Reptiloid]

Quote: tralflot1832

The witch Ursula must get ready... She will have a great time performing her shamanic ritual...

Let the harlot hurry
Run and wash yourself quickly.
There's not enough water,
Nature takes it away from them

This year, volcanic eruptions have occurred and are occurring in various countries ---- in the Philippines, Guatemala, Colombia, Indonesia, Italy, Hawaii,... an earthquake in Colombia, Vanuatu, Spain, Indonesia, California... P.S. The list is incomplete. It's scary to say ---- this will happen in August 2026.

[rocket757]

Regarding energy... the Europeans are stubbornly cutting off the branch on which they were sitting so comfortably...
And now something unpleasant awaits them.

[Reptiloid]

Good afternoon Victor !

Quote: rocket757

Regarding energy... the Europeans are stubbornly cutting off the branch, ....... .

As the saying goes, count your chickens before they hatch. What will they bring with them into winter? What products, what prices? And what will the weather forecast be for the winter? Let them suffer at the hands of Nature, otherwise they've come up with all sorts of nonsense -- green energy, methane from cows, aid to Ukraine, aid to migrants... Let them get down to business, deepen rivers, conserve water in cylinders, plant forests, as Michurin and Lysenko taught... Maybe not everyone will die.

[topol717]

Quote: Reptiloid

and then they came up with all sorts of nonsense --- green energy,

The goal of this green energy isn't climate change, but rather strategic advantage. Don't believe everything politicians say; politicians are there to pollute your thinking.

[Reptiloid]

In my opinion, it's not about strategic advantages, but about the globalists' decision to redistribute cash flows. That is, to give fundamentally different people the opportunity to profit in new industries that didn't exist before. One can assume that these would be big businessmen. At the same time, part of the middle class would be eliminated and greatly impoverished, and this would be the beginning of the liquidation of the EU middle class.

[topol717]

Quote: Reptiloid

and in the globalists' decision to redistribute cash flows.

You decide whether they're globalists or not. Because globalists don't care which country they pump money from. They only care about the quantity of that money. And if they redistribute something, that means they're really concerned about a particular country or group of countries.

[Reptiloid]

Quote: Reptiloid

and in the decision of the globalists to redistribute the cash flows AVAILABLE IN EUROPE.

Maybe this would be clearer? First, take what's easiest and distribute it to your own people, some portion, closing some production and giving it to others, your own people. Then, "deepen and expand" that process. Is that clear?

[rocket757]

Hi Dmitry
Farming in the old way in Europe is IMPOSSIBLE... and this is an objective reality.
And with natural disasters like the current one, even modern, intensive agriculture is in question...
Without water, neither here nor there!

[Reptiloid]

Quote: rocket757

Hi Dmitry
Farming in the old way in Europe is IMPOSSIBLE... Without water, neither here nor there!

Victor, but in recent years they've been creating difficult conditions for their farmers, restricting... How many farmer protests have there been? And the number of farmers has decreased. The globalists were counting on feeding people worms and flies, expecting profits and quick enrichment for their producers.
And now there's a problem with fertilizers, and Ukraine can't feed us. If our people continue their policy, let the Europeans think about it. How can this be?

[rocket757]

Quote: Reptiloid

Let the gay Europeans think about it. How and what?

Dmitry, seriously, who will think about what there?
The gay bureaucracy is already doing just fine... and the average person will just be fed more fairy tales, that's all...

[Reptiloid]

Yes, you're probably right, Victor! They might blame Russia again. they'll come up with something

[rocket757]

And they will invent, and accuse... everything as always...

[Reptiloid]

Now the text and sound alerts are back. Just like before. I'm very happy. But it's glitchy and freezes all day. I hope they at least get on the nerves of our Europeans.

[Joker62]

Quote: Reptiloid

Quote: tralflot1832

The witch Ursula must get ready... She will have a great time performing her shamanic ritual...

Let the harlot hurry
Run and wash yourself quickly.
There's not enough water,
Nature takes it away from them

This year, volcanic eruptions have occurred and are occurring in various countries ---- in the Philippines, Guatemala, Colombia, Indonesia, Italy, Hawaii,... an earthquake in Colombia, Vanuatu, Spain, Indonesia, California... P.S. The list is incomplete. It's scary to say ---- this will happen in August 2026.

You could say it's peace and quiet in Russia... Just think of the flooding in the Middle Urals and Yakutia in midsummer! In the Middle Urals, virtually the entire new harvest was lost. What the people there will eat for the winter is unknown. And then there's the loss of homes and property.
So, there is no need to mock those who were affected by the Nature of the Earth.
There is no need to feel sorry for them, just keep quiet.
This year has been very difficult. What next year will be is also very much in question...

[Reptiloid]

You know, Russia has always suffered from weather, and a few years ago, local authorities were blamed for similar floods for poor preparation. But I can't say for sure now. Russia has experienced both floods and fires, in Siberia and the Far East. I lived in the Far East for five years. Why is that? I don't know. And no country has ever helped Russia in any way. But the Russian Federation has helped with fires and other disasters. They even donated money and sent an EMERCOM plane to Poland to deal with the fires, they asked for it. Although we had fires back then too. And we received no thanks, no praise.
And there was mockery of Donbas and the Russian Federation in their newspapers after 2014. And rudeness and insolence towards the President of the Russian Federation in this century. And recommendations from politicians and journalists to kill Russians.
So, if there is a reason, I will laugh and rejoice at their troubles.
It is enough that the Russian Federation behaves more noble in politics than any prince, lords and other

[Reptiloid]

I'll continue. In recent years, Europeans have blamed Russia for the fires we've had. Well, now they're blaming themselves.

[topol717]

Quote: Reptiloid

This year, volcanic eruptions have occurred and are occurring in different countries ---- in the Philippines, Guatemala, Colombia, Indonesia, Italy, Hawaii,....... an earthquake in Colombia, Vanuatu, Spain, Indonesia, California....... P.S.

Are you absolutely sure that this didn't happen in other years?

[carpenter]

Quote: Reptiloid

This year, volcanic eruptions have occurred and are occurring in different countries ---- in the Philippines, Guatemala, Colombia, Indonesia, Italy, Hawaii,.......

It's a pity that the Yellowstone volcano hasn't woken up, I really wish it had.

[Reptiloid]

I often think about Yellowstone, too. Then there will definitely be no internet. I think the Americans (their superiors) will find out about this sooner and start to flee somehow.

[Rostislav Prokopenko]

Even by rough calculations, things will be bad for everyone.
"The Year Without a Summer," which 1815 will seem like a trifle...
An eruption there is certainly tempting. But the consequences could be far from pleasant.

[Reptiloid]

Quote: Rostislav Prokopenko

Yes... the consequences may not be at all happy.

Well, yes! The consequences are like a nuclear winter. The Americans are monitoring it. But they've removed our specialists from there... As far as we know That's what

[Brturin]

Quote: tralflot1832

Sanctions against the Sun, Africa, and anticyclones

Africa might not be worth it after all... there's a super El Niño right now, and that's the Pacific Ocean and South America. The peak is in November-December and a gradual decline next year, so what else Mother Nature will have in store during that time is known only to the heavenly office... Nature has clearly gone berserk, but the main question is how it will all end - global warming or cooling... Ursula won't be in danger until October 2029, although there is talk of a third term, although others claim that she won't last until the end of the second.

[SEVERIN]

Hungary took extraordinary and decisive action – respect, everyone struggles with their own problems as best they can, while others try to solve them at someone else's expense.

[tralflot1832]

If you look closely at the maritime traffic, you'll see that someone is stealing water for river navigation in the opposite direction, to the west. It's time for the Hungarians to move upstream and give their European partners a hard time. Weak???

[foxes]

Why don't these clowns, screaming "Ruszkik haza!", demolish this nuclear power plant? Aren't they supposedly banning anything communist?

[tralflot1832]

Quote: Vulpes

Why don't these clowns, screaming "Ruszkik haza!", demolish this nuclear power plant? Aren't they supposedly banning anything communist?

What's the joke here? Even for a "cold" shutdown, water is needed, but what if the water level in the Danube continues to fall?

[foxes]

They will declare this nuclear power plant to be a Lenin/Brezhnev/Kadar bomb planted under Hungary.

[topol717]

Quote: tralflot1832

What's the joke here? Even for a "cold" shutdown, water is needed, but what if the water level in the Danube continues to fall?

If nothing is done, and the reactor isn't cooled, we'll have a second Fukushima. The fuel will burn through the reactor vessel and leak into the ground, where it will continue to burn through everything in its path.

[Pavel57]

Nuclear power plants are useless without water. Europe is unprepared for climate change.

[topol717]

Quote: Pavel57

Europe is not ready for climate change.

Who's prepared? What if the same thing happens to the Volga? What will we do?

[rocket757]

Water is LIFE!
Mother Nature doesn't give a damn about anyone's wishes or directives... but she punishes stupidity and mistakes harshly!

[Genius Yo]

It turns out that Nuclear Energy does more harm than good!
And they are polluting the water and the surrounding area, and there is already a real shortage of water in some places!!!

[South Ukrainian]

Quote: Genius Yo

And they contaminate the water and the surrounding area.

What makes you think the water is contaminated? Water is pumped through a condenser, and heat is extracted from the exhaust steam after the steam turbine, converting it back into water. This is already the third circuit, and the water in the second circuit is not radioactive either. And then they heat the water taken from the river by 5-7 degrees, no more.

[Rostislav Prokopenko]

Colleagues from the Kursk region highly praised the reservoir near the nuclear power plant. The water is warm, and you can swim there even in September and October.

[solar]

It's especially convenient in the evening, with the greenish decorative lighting :))
P.S. Just kidding...

[Joker62]

Quote: Genius Yo

It turns out, Nuclear energy does more harm than good!
And they are polluting the water and the surrounding area, and there is already a real shortage of water in some places!!!

Let me disagree with you!
There are new technologies in nuclear energy that use a minimal amount of water as cooling.
But unfortunately, there are more old operating nuclear power plants than new ones.

[Amateur]

Such aplomb, as if Hungary had bought the Zumwalt from the US and sunk it in the Danube, and not two old barges.

[kind]

It's been raining every other day in the Urals for three months now, and nothing's wrong. There's some flooding, of course, but that's inevitable. At least the forests aren't burning, and there are plenty of mushrooms!

[foxes]

This year, thanks to the warm weather and rain, the forest is practically a jungle. At least in the northern part of Moscow Region.

[kosmozoo]

Ideally, Russia should hold environmental days in winter—when the wind is favorable, turn off the electric smoke collectors on the chimneys of thermal power plants and district heating plants. This will reduce snowfall and albedo.

[Alex013]

"Hungary sank barges on the Danube to save the Paks Nuclear Power Plant" – and what does this mean for Russia? We're neither cold nor hot about that news. The only thing is, trade traffic on the Danube with Ukraine will drop. But that 5% doesn't matter. Crop failures in Europe are due to drought, and Australia, Canada, Argentina, and other countries are shipping millions of tons of grain there. For our agricultural products, this market is only through "strawmen" – Turkey, for example, for a percentage.

[snow mountain]

Quote: tralflot1832

Witch Ursula must get her act together and impose sanctions against the Sun, Africa, and anticyclones.

Against the sun it will be most effective!