Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model VVER V-213
Owner Hungarian Power Companies Ltd.
Operator Paks Nuclear Power Plant, Ltd.

Timeline

Construction Start Thursday, 1 August 1974
First Criticality Sunday, 26 August 1984
First Grid Connection Thursday, 6 September 1984
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 14 November 1984

Specifications

Capacity Net 479 MWe
Capacity Gross 506 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1485 MWt
Design Net Capacity 410 MWe

Operational History

Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Energy Availability Factor (%)

Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Reactor History

Year Reference Unit Power (MWe) Annual Time Online (Hours) Electricity Supplied (GWh) Operation Factor (%) Energy Availability Annual (%) Energy Availability Cumulative (%) Load Factor Annual (%) Load Factor Cumulative (%)
1984 410 2659 921.75 99.40 94.10 94.10 97.30 97.30
1985 415 7695 3101.62 87.80 85.10 86.40 85.30 87.00
1986 415 7643 3148.27 87.20 86.00 86.20 86.60 86.80
1987 415 7770 3193.95 88.70 85.30 85.90 87.90 87.20
1988 415 7352 3046.30 83.70 81.90 85.00 83.60 86.30
1989 415 7962 3300.66 90.90 88.60 85.70 90.80 87.20
1990 425 7845 3338.22 89.60 88.00 86.10 89.70 87.60
1991 415 7912 3421.60 90.30 88.60 86.40 94.10 88.50
1992 433 6829 3174.93 77.70 76.00 85.10 83.50 87.80
1993 433 7731 3568.98 88.20 87.00 85.30 94.10 88.60
1994 433 8000 3440.38 91.30 89.40 85.70 90.70 88.80
1995 433 7657 3309.08 87.40 86.40 85.80 87.20 88.60
1996 433 7011 3019.89 79.80 79.40 85.20 79.40 87.80
1997 433 7807 3267.61 89.10 88.20 85.50 86.20 87.70
1998 433 7717 3206.72 88.10 88.20 85.70 84.50 87.50
1999 433 7780 3246.62 88.80 89.20 85.90 85.60 87.40
2000 433 7073 3059.33 80.50 80.00 85.50 80.40 86.90
2001 441 7484 3266.89 85.40 84.80 85.50 84.60 86.80
2002 441 7644 3338.46 87.30 86.50 85.60 86.40 86.80
2003 441 2089 918.84 23.80 23.80 82.20 23.80 83.40
2004 441 2620 1137.22 29.80 29.40 79.50 29.40 80.60
2005 441 6669 2929.48 76.10 75.80 79.40 75.80 80.40
2006 441 5493 2399.56 62.70 62.30 78.60 62.10 79.50
2007 443 7887 3477.05 90.00 89.20 79.00 89.60 80.00
2008 473 6669 2993.79 75.90 76.20 78.90 76.50 79.80
2009 473 7985 3772.51 91.20 91.10 79.40 91.00 80.30
2010 473 7892 3715.76 90.10 89.70 79.90 89.70 80.70
2011 473 7978 3770.49 91.10 91.00 80.30 91.00 81.10
2012 473 7456 3521.36 84.90 84.80 80.50 84.80 81.30
2013 473 7905 3794.73 90.20 89.70 80.80 91.60 81.60
2014 473 8127 3903.00 92.80 92.40 81.20 94.20 82.10
2015 473 8118 3889.01 92.70 91.90 81.60 93.90 82.50
2016 473 7132 3375.14 81.20 80.10 81.60 81.20 82.50
2017 473 8760 4178.74 100.00 99.50 82.10 100.80 83.00
2018 477 7798 3670.36 89.00 87.40 82.30 87.80 83.20
2019 477 8127 3872.20 92.80 91.50 82.60 92.70 83.50
2020 477 8175 3819.36 93.10 90.40 82.80 91.20 83.70
2021 479 7175 3375.40 81.90 80.00 82.70 80.50 83.60
2022 479 8504 4074.98 97.10 96.20 83.10 97.10 84.00
2023 479 8170 3863.62 93.30 91.60 83.40 92.10 84.20

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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Nuclear Power in Hungary

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