Paks NPP will reduce the capacity of the second power unit due to equipment breakdown
Specialists of the Hungarian NPP Paks will temporarily reduce the capacity of the second power unit of the station. The decision was made due to a malfunction of mechanical equipment, the press service of the management company MVM Paksi Atomerm Zrt reported.
Specialists of the Hungarian NPP Paks will temporarily reduce the capacity of the second power unit of the station. The decision was made due to a malfunction of mechanical equipment, the press service of the management company MVM Paksi Atomerm Zrt reported.
Power will be reduced by 150 MWh. The staffing rate is 2,000. MWh. “Experts are working to fix the problem,” the company said. What exactly caused the breakdown is not specified.
On September 18, the fourth power unit of the station was also suspended. It began a major overhaul, explained in MVM.
The Paks NPP is the only one in Hungary. It provides 45% of the generated and 36% of the consumed electricity of the country. In summer, power generation on it was reduced to 480 MWh due to shallowing of the Danube.
