Paks NPP may reach full capacity by August 26

Paks NPP in Hungary can be restored to full capacity by August 26, one or two days earlier than expected. This was announced on August 23 by Prime Minister Peter Magyar.

"Four of the eight turbines are already generating electricity at Paksha. The full launch continues, the nuclear power plant can produce 2 thousand tons again. MW by Wednesday," Reuters quoted him as saying.

Currently, the plant generates about 800 MW. Earlier, in August, its capacity had to be reduced to just over 10% due to the historic drought and record low water levels in the Danube. The station avoided a complete shutdown due to rising water levels and engineering work on the river.

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On August 12, Magyar announced that the Hungarian government had decided to erect a threshold at the bottom of the Danube near the Paks nuclear power plant to raise the water level needed to cool the reactors. According to him, the construction will allow for several weeks to stabilize the water level in the river near the cooling channel of the station.

In Hungary, on August 1, the second of the four nuclear units of the Paks nuclear power plant was shut down after the water level in the Danube continued to fall. Electricity generation at the plant, which provides 40% of the country's consumption, then fell to less than a quarter of its capacity — 2 thousand MW.