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 Tuesday, 14 December 1982
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 28 December 1982
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 10 August 1983

Specifications

Capacity Net 479 MWe
Capacity Gross 509 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1485 MWt
Design Net Capacity 408 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 (%)
1982 82 96 3.90 - - - - -
1983 410 7106 2299.70 99.70 91.00 91.00 91.00 91.00
1984 410 6901 2595.30 78.60 75.60 80.20 73.20 78.60
1985 410 7491 2997.30 85.50 84.20 81.80 83.40 80.60
1986 410 7718 3114.64 88.10 87.10 83.40 86.70 82.40
1987 415 7107 2883.09 81.10 79.20 82.40 79.30 81.70
1988 415 7737 3076.94 88.10 85.80 83.10 84.40 82.20
1989 415 7929 3182.18 90.50 87.70 83.80 87.50 83.00
1990 415 7837 3216.83 89.50 87.20 84.30 88.50 83.80
1991 410 6823 2883.91 77.90 75.10 83.20 80.30 83.40
1992 430 7629 3498.85 86.80 84.90 83.40 92.60 84.40
1993 430 7637 3512.43 87.20 85.80 83.60 93.20 85.30
1994 430 8031 3441.51 91.70 89.80 84.20 91.40 85.80
1995 430 7088 3056.32 80.90 79.50 83.80 81.10 85.40
1996 430 8033 3472.68 91.40 90.60 84.30 91.90 85.90
1997 430 7646 3328.48 87.30 87.00 84.50 88.40 86.10
1998 430 8095 3487.73 92.40 92.40 85.00 92.60 86.50
1999 430 7240 3117.54 82.60 81.20 84.80 82.80 86.30
2000 430 7268 3192.12 82.70 82.30 84.60 84.50 86.20
2001 437 8069 3514.87 92.10 91.60 85.00 91.80 86.50
2002 437 7909 3330.66 90.30 90.10 85.30 87.00 86.50
2003 437 7197 3097.84 82.20 81.00 85.10 80.90 86.20
2004 437 7692 3342.33 87.60 87.10 85.20 87.10 86.30
2005 437 8029 3503.53 91.70 91.50 85.50 91.50 86.50
2006 437 7979 3468.50 91.10 90.80 85.70 90.60 86.70
2007 470 6933 3179.36 79.10 79.70 85.40 79.70 86.40
2008 470 7824 3670.29 89.10 88.90 85.60 88.90 86.50
2009 470 7926 3708.04 90.50 90.20 85.80 90.10 86.70
2010 470 8031 3762.00 91.70 91.50 86.00 91.40 86.80
2011 470 7291 3422.07 83.20 83.10 85.90 83.10 86.70
2012 470 7881 3697.01 89.70 89.60 86.00 89.60 86.80
2013 470 8009 3834.70 91.40 91.30 86.20 93.10 87.00
2014 470 8022 3787.47 91.60 90.50 86.40 92.00 87.20
2015 470 7194 3418.04 82.10 81.60 86.20 83.00 87.10
2016 470 8056 3806.89 91.70 90.70 86.40 92.20 87.20
2017 470 7421 3492.07 84.70 82.90 86.20 84.80 87.20
2018 479 8103 3822.70 92.50 90.60 86.40 91.10 87.30
2019 479 8760 4192.05 100.00 99.20 86.80 99.90 87.60
2020 479 8151 3709.65 92.80 87.60 86.80 88.20 87.70
2021 479 7926 3759.42 90.50 89.00 86.80 89.60 87.70
2022 479 7197 3428.09 82.20 81.40 86.70 81.70 87.60
2023 479 7880 3715.12 90.00 87.80 86.70 88.50 87.60

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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Nuclear Power in Hungary

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