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 Monday, 1 October 1979
First Criticality Monday, 15 September 1986
First Grid Connection Sunday, 28 September 1986
Commercial Operation Monday, 1 December 1986

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 (%)
1986 415 2109 718.54 100.00 99.60 99.60 101.70 101.70
1987 415 7648 3209.58 87.30 87.00 87.90 88.30 89.30
1988 415 7874 3300.93 89.60 88.10 88.00 90.60 89.90
1989 415 7343 3140.52 83.80 82.40 86.20 86.40 88.80
1990 435 7755 3273.39 88.50 85.60 86.10 85.90 88.00
1991 410 7580 3256.00 86.50 84.20 85.70 90.70 88.60
1992 433 7852 3587.32 89.40 87.50 86.00 94.30 89.50
1993 433 6950 3177.93 79.30 77.40 84.80 83.80 88.70
1994 433 7884 3375.99 90.00 88.50 85.20 89.00 88.70
1995 433 7911 3392.81 90.30 89.00 85.60 89.40 88.80
1996 433 8136 3429.38 92.60 90.80 86.20 90.20 89.00
1997 433 7136 3066.09 81.50 80.90 85.70 80.80 88.20
1998 433 7566 3294.11 86.40 88.00 85.90 86.80 88.10
1999 433 8058 3445.71 92.00 92.20 86.40 90.80 88.30
2000 433 8163 3517.25 92.90 92.80 86.80 92.50 88.60
2001 433 7159 3040.40 81.70 80.30 86.40 80.20 88.00
2002 433 7900 3256.84 90.20 90.40 86.60 85.90 87.90
2003 433 7746 3008.34 88.40 80.50 86.30 79.30 87.40
2004 433 7732 3333.25 88.00 87.60 86.40 87.60 87.40
2005 433 7088 3038.71 80.90 80.10 86.00 80.10 87.00
2006 433 8007 3454.91 91.40 91.20 86.30 91.10 87.20
2007 443 7691 3396.00 87.80 87.50 86.40 87.50 87.20
2008 443 7962 3530.43 90.60 90.60 86.60 90.70 87.40
2009 473 7078 3174.02 80.80 80.90 86.30 80.90 87.10
2010 473 8123 3831.50 92.70 92.50 86.60 92.50 87.40
2011 473 7823 3688.74 89.30 89.00 86.70 89.00 87.40
2012 473 8080 3803.60 92.00 91.60 86.90 91.60 87.60
2013 473 6480 3054.56 74.00 73.20 86.30 73.70 87.00
2014 473 7620 3598.71 87.00 86.00 86.30 86.80 87.00
2015 473 8032 3803.38 91.70 90.60 86.50 91.80 87.20
2016 473 8784 4172.78 100.00 99.50 87.00 100.40 87.70
2017 473 8073 3813.11 92.20 91.00 87.10 92.00 87.80
2018 473 7032 3307.59 80.30 78.50 86.80 79.80 87.60
2019 473 8133 3908.46 92.80 92.20 87.00 94.30 87.80
2020 473 8156 3871.06 92.80 91.60 87.10 93.20 88.00
2021 479 8752 4210.62 99.90 99.20 87.50 100.60 88.30
2022 479 8178 3886.48 93.40 91.80 87.60 92.60 88.50
2023 479 7400 3449.13 84.50 81.50 87.40 82.20 88.30

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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Nuclear Power in Hungary

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