Hungary plans to allow the temperature limit to be exceeded for a section of the Danube where the cooling water of the Paks nuclear power plant flows. This is planned for reasons of security of supply, as announced by the Energy Ministry.
Currently, the river cannot accept water under regulations if the temperature is higher than 30 degrees Celsius. In this case, the operator must limit the performance.
“Smothering could jeopardize supply”
The plan proposed by the Department of Energy would maintain this limit but allow the operator to exceed it on a case-by-case basis, with the approval of the Minister of Energy, if this is unavoidable for security of supply reasons. “Cutting back Paks production could immediately jeopardize the smooth supply of domestic consumers in a tight energy market,” the statement said.
Four Russian-built reactors
The Paks plant has four Russian-built VVER 440 reactors with a total capacity of about 2,000 megawatts. The reactors were put into operation between 1982 and 1987 and are expected to be decommissioned between 2032 and 2037.
Source: Krone
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