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 Sunday, 9 August 1987
First Grid Connection Sunday, 16 August 1987
Commercial Operation Sunday, 1 November 1987

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 (%)
1987 415 2936 1039.12 100.00 100.00 100.00 101.80 101.80
1988 415 7564 3200.89 86.10 85.60 87.70 87.80 89.80
1989 415 7974 3425.34 91.00 89.70 88.60 94.20 91.80
1990 435 7253 3064.45 82.80 76.70 84.70 80.40 88.10
1991 410 7787 3342.95 88.90 86.50 85.20 93.10 89.30
1992 433 8082 3702.82 92.00 90.70 86.20 97.40 90.90
1993 430 7767 3537.22 88.70 87.00 86.40 93.90 91.40
1994 433 7019 2971.22 80.10 78.10 85.20 78.30 89.50
1995 433 8049 3443.81 91.90 90.40 85.80 90.80 89.70
1996 433 8087 3487.53 92.10 90.70 86.40 91.70 89.90
1997 433 8098 3487.08 92.40 91.60 86.90 91.90 90.10
1998 433 7389 3136.11 84.40 83.70 86.60 82.70 89.40
1999 433 8046 3464.00 91.80 89.30 86.80 91.30 89.60
2000 433 8116 3578.42 92.40 92.20 87.30 94.10 89.90
2001 444 7916 3471.72 90.40 90.00 87.40 89.30 89.90
2002 444 7287 3182.88 83.20 83.10 87.20 81.80 89.30
2003 444 8119 3607.64 92.70 92.80 87.50 92.80 89.60
2004 444 7878 3396.64 89.70 87.10 87.50 87.10 89.40
2005 444 8046 3548.78 91.80 91.20 87.70 91.20 89.50
2006 444 7196 3185.19 82.20 81.90 87.40 81.90 89.10
2007 473 8078 3810.43 92.20 92.00 87.60 92.00 89.30
2008 473 7854 3671.44 89.40 88.40 87.70 88.40 89.20
2009 473 7715 3643.09 88.10 88.00 87.70 87.90 89.20
2010 473 7091 3348.24 81.00 80.80 87.40 80.80 88.80
2011 473 8103 3825.62 92.50 92.30 87.60 92.30 88.90
2012 473 7961 3741.44 90.60 90.10 87.70 90.00 89.00
2013 473 8076 3853.52 92.20 91.70 87.90 93.00 89.10
2014 473 7430 3488.55 84.80 83.50 87.70 84.20 88.90
2015 473 8174 3849.34 93.30 92.30 87.90 92.90 89.10
2016 473 8153 3828.20 92.80 91.90 88.00 92.10 89.20
2017 473 8064 3735.00 92.00 90.10 88.10 90.10 89.20
2018 473 8722 4056.61 99.60 97.80 88.40 97.90 89.50
2019 473 7315 3442.12 83.50 82.40 88.20 83.10 89.30
2020 473 8053 3778.60 91.70 90.20 88.30 90.90 89.40
2021 479 8027 3775.68 91.60 89.80 88.30 90.20 89.40
2022 479 7968 3564.70 91.00 84.70 88.20 85.00 89.30
2023 479 8558 4063.77 97.70 96.60 88.50 96.80 89.50

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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