{"id":366853,"date":"2026-08-03T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/romanian-navy-blows-up-rock-in-danube-to-redirect-water-to-nuclear-plant\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:00:30","slug":"romanian-navy-blows-up-rock-in-danube-to-redirect-water-to-nuclear-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/romanian-navy-blows-up-rock-in-danube-to-redirect-water-to-nuclear-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanian navy blows up rock in Danube to redirect water to nuclear plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/m-6pxoKHOXs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Romanian navy blows up rock in Danube to redirect water to nuclear plant\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m-6pxoKHOXs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Romanian naval forces carried out a controlled explosion to divert a large volume of water to the Old Danube and the Cernavod\u0103 nuclear power plant to help with its cooling.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>Romania has declared a nationwide state of emergency throughout August stemming from a decline in electricity production after record low Danube river levels led to the shutdown of a nuclear power reactor. 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