Drought and heat force Hungary to shut down nuclear reactor powering half the country

Rising temperatures and drought across Europe are causing shutdowns at nuclear power plants, where water levels are too low to cool reactors. Hungary has been forced to shut down a reactor that supplies energy to half the country. The situation highlights a paradox of nuclear power: despite producing no greenhouse gas emissions, it is vulnerable to the climate change it is meant to help combat.

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