Paks Nuclear Power Plant

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Paks Nuclear Power Plant is Hungary’s only commercial nuclear power station and its largest electricity-generating facility, located near the town of Paks on the Danube River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electric power station ⓘ
nuclear power plant ⓘ
2003IncidentDescription fuel assembly damage during cleaning in spent fuel pool of Unit 2 ⓘ
2003IncidentINESLevel 3 ⓘ
commercialOperationUnit1 1983 ⓘ
commercialOperationUnit2 1984 ⓘ
commercialOperationUnit3 1986 ⓘ
commercialOperationUnit4 1987 ⓘ
connectedToGridOf Hungary ⓘ
constructionStart 1974 ⓘ
coolingSource Danube River ⓘ
linked to: Danube
coordinates 46.576°N 18.856°E ⓘ
country Hungary ⓘ
designedServiceLife 30 years ⓘ
distanceFromBudapest about 100 km south ⓘ
electricalCapacityPerUnit approximately 500 MWe ⓘ
firstReactorGridConnection 1982 ⓘ
fuelSupplier TVEL ⓘ
gridConnectionPlannedFor 2030s ⓘ
largestPowerStationInCountry Hungary ⓘ
lifeExtension approved ⓘ
to 50 years per unit ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody Danube River ⓘ
linked to: Danube
location Tolna County ⓘ
near the town of Paks ⓘ
nearbyCity Paks ⓘ
netElectricalCapacity about 2000 MWe ⓘ
notableIncident fuel cleaning tank incident of 2003 ⓘ
numberOfReactors 4 ⓘ
onlyCommercialNuclearPowerPlantIn Hungary ⓘ
operator MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant Ltd. ⓘ
owner MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant Ltd. ⓘ
PaksIINetCapacityPerUnit about 1200 MWe ⓘ
PaksIINumberOfPlannedUnits 2 ⓘ
PaksIIReactorSupplier Rosatom ⓘ
PaksIIReactorType VVER-1200 ⓘ
partOf Hungarian national energy system ⓘ
plannedExpansionProject Paks II ⓘ
primaryFuel nuclear fuel ⓘ
reactorModel pressurized water reactor ⓘ
reactorSupplier Soviet Union ⓘ
reactorType VVER-440/213 ⓘ
linked to: VVER-440
riverBank right bank of the Danube River ⓘ
safetyRegulator Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority ⓘ
shareOfNationalElectricityGeneration around 50 percent ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
thermalCapacityPerUnit 1485 MWth ⓘ
usesContainmentType VVER-440/213 containment system ⓘ

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Tolna County → hasPowerPlant → Paks Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
Paks → hasNuclearPowerPlant → Paks Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
Paks Nuclear Power Plant → owner → MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant Ltd. ⓘ
linked to: Paks Nuclear Power Plant
Paks Nuclear Power Plant → operator → MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant Ltd. ⓘ
linked to: Paks Nuclear Power Plant