Romania has taken the Cernavodă nuclear plant fully offline after disconnecting its second 706-megawatt reactor from the grid on Thursday as Danube levels fell to multi-decade lows, with plant director Romeo Urjan saying a restart was not expected within 10 days. The outage removes a facility that normally supplies about 20% of Romania's electricity, after the first reactor was shut in July, and Reuters reported Romania declared a state of energy emergency through August and urged voluntary power savings. The disruption comes as heatwaves and drought cut nuclear output elsewhere, curb Rhine shipping, pressure crops and hydropower, and add to energy-market strains, with Triodos Bank estimating a potential €180 billion economic hit this year and EU gas storage reported at 59% full as analysts warned about winter supply risks.