Made to raise water levels in response to historic summer draught, the new structure has caused the riverbed to deepen significantly.
The Paks Nuclear Power Plant has persistently strived to conceal the data measured by the line of buoys we found in the Danube a year and a half ago near the power plant.
In a sudden turn of events, an invasive species of jellyfish appeared in the Danube River in June and July just below Paks, in the Fadd-Dombori oxbow lake.
Experts say the environmental permit should be reviewed or withdrawn due to significant changes in conditions. The authority does not seem to care.
On 23 July 1996, the Danube in Hungary was 18-19°C. On 23 July 2022 it exceeded 26°C.
According to our on-site measurements, even the power reduction was not sufficient to allow the plant to maintain the 30 degree heat limit in the river Danube.
Four years ago, and now again, we measured higher water temperatures in the Danube at the Paks Nuclear Power Plant...
“I don’t understand all this fuss, what the hell is wrong with nearly a billion forints and a floodplain”, a...
