Paks Nuclear Power Plant

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Paks Nuclear Power Plant is Hungary’s only commercial nuclear power station and its largest electricity-generating facility, located near the town of Paks on the Danube River.

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instanceOf electric power station
nuclear power plant
2003IncidentDescription fuel assembly damage during cleaning in spent fuel pool of Unit 2
2003IncidentINESLevel 3
commercialOperationUnit1 1983
commercialOperationUnit2 1984
commercialOperationUnit3 1986
commercialOperationUnit4 1987
connectedToGridOf Hungary
constructionStart 1974
coolingSource Danube River
linked to: Danube
coordinates 46.576°N 18.856°E
country Hungary
designedServiceLife 30 years
distanceFromBudapest about 100 km south
electricalCapacityPerUnit approximately 500 MWe
firstReactorGridConnection 1982
fuelSupplier TVEL
gridConnectionPlannedFor 2030s
largestPowerStationInCountry Hungary
lifeExtension approved
to 50 years per unit
locatedOnWaterbody Danube River
linked to: Danube
location Tolna County
near the town of Paks
nearbyCity Paks
netElectricalCapacity about 2000 MWe
notableIncident fuel cleaning tank incident of 2003
numberOfReactors 4
onlyCommercialNuclearPowerPlantIn Hungary
operator MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant Ltd.
owner MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant Ltd.
PaksIINetCapacityPerUnit about 1200 MWe
PaksIINumberOfPlannedUnits 2
PaksIIReactorSupplier Rosatom
PaksIIReactorType VVER-1200
partOf Hungarian national energy system
plannedExpansionProject Paks II
primaryFuel nuclear fuel
reactorModel pressurized water reactor
reactorSupplier Soviet Union
reactorType VVER-440/213
linked to: VVER-440
riverBank right bank of the Danube River
safetyRegulator Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority
shareOfNationalElectricityGeneration around 50 percent
status operational
thermalCapacityPerUnit 1485 MWth
usesContainmentType VVER-440/213 containment system

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Tolna County hasPowerPlant Paks Nuclear Power Plant
Paks hasNuclearPowerPlant Paks Nuclear Power Plant
Paks Nuclear Power Plant owner MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant Ltd.
linked to: Paks Nuclear Power Plant
Paks Nuclear Power Plant operator MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant Ltd.
linked to: Paks Nuclear Power Plant