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PAKS-1
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
VVER V-213
HUNGARIAN POWER COMPANIES LTD.
PAKS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, LTD.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
479
MW
e
408
MW
e
509
MW
e
1485
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Aug, 1974
14 Dec, 1982
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
28 Dec, 1982
10 Aug, 1983
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
142.94 TW.h
87.0 %
88.2 %
13.0 %
87.9 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2024
Operating History
Year
Electricity Supplied
[GW.h]
Reference Unit Power
[MW]
Annual Time On Line
[h]
Operation Factor
[%]
Energy Availability Factor
[%]
Load Factor
[%]
Annual
Cumulative
Annual
Cumulative
1982
3.900
82
96
1983
2299.700
410
7106
99.7
91.0
91.0
91.0
91.0
1984
2595.300
410
6901
78.6
75.6
80.2
73.2
78.6
1985
2997.300
410
7491
85.5
84.2
81.8
83.4
80.6
1986
3114.640
410
7718
88.1
87.1
83.4
86.7
82.4
1987
2883.090
415
7107
81.1
79.2
82.4
79.3
81.7
1988
3076.940
415
7737
88.1
85.8
83.1
84.4
82.2
1989
3182.180
415
7929
90.5
87.7
83.8
87.5
83.0
1990
3216.830
415
7837
89.5
87.2
84.3
88.5
83.8
1991
2883.910
410
6823
77.9
75.1
83.2
80.3
83.4
1992
3498.850
430
7629
86.8
84.9
83.4
92.6
84.4
1993
3512.430
430
7637
87.2
85.8
83.6
93.2
85.3
1994
3441.510
430
8031
91.7
89.8
84.2
91.4
85.8
1995
3056.320
430
7088
80.9
79.5
83.8
81.1
85.4
1996
3472.680
430
8033
91.4
90.6
84.3
91.9
85.9
1997
3328.480
430
7646
87.3
87.0
84.5
88.4
86.1
1998
3487.730
430
8095
92.4
92.4
85.0
92.6
86.5
1999
3117.540
430
7240
82.6
81.2
84.8
82.8
86.3
2000
3192.120
430
7268
82.7
82.3
84.6
84.5
86.2
2001
3514.870
437
8069
92.1
91.6
85.0
91.8
86.5
2002
3330.660
437
7909
90.3
90.1
85.3
87.0
86.5
2003
3097.840
437
7197
82.2
81.0
85.1
80.9
86.2
2004
3342.330
437
7692
87.6
87.1
85.2
87.1
86.3
2005
3503.530
437
8029
91.7
91.5
85.5
91.5
86.5
2006
3468.500
437
7979
91.1
90.8
85.7
90.6
86.7
2007
3179.360
470
6933
79.1
79.7
85.4
79.7
86.4
2008
3670.290
470
7824
89.1
88.9
85.6
88.9
86.5
2009
3708.040
470
7926
90.5
90.2
85.8
90.1
86.7
2010
3762.000
470
8031
91.7
91.5
86.0
91.4
86.8
2011
3422.070
470
7291
83.2
83.1
85.9
83.1
86.7
2012
3697.010
470
7881
89.7
89.6
86.0
89.6
86.8
2013
3834.700
470
8009
91.4
91.3
86.2
93.1
87.0
2014
3787.470
470
8022
91.6
90.5
86.4
92.0
87.2
2015
3418.040
470
7194
82.1
81.6
86.2
83.0
87.1
2016
3806.890
470
8056
91.7
90.7
86.4
92.2
87.2
2017
3492.070
470
7421
84.7
82.9
86.2
84.8
87.2
2018
3822.700
479
8103
92.5
90.6
86.4
91.1
87.3
2019
4192.050
479
8760
100.0
99.2
86.8
99.9
87.6
2020
3709.650
479
8151
92.8
87.6
86.8
88.2
87.7
2021
3759.420
479
7926
90.5
89.0
86.8
89.6
87.7
2022
3428.090
479
7197
82.2
81.4
86.7
81.7
87.6
2023
3715.120
479
7880
90.0
87.8
86.7
88.5
87.6
2024
4150.920
479
8747
99.6
97.8
87.0
98.6
87.9
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-12-09
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