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PAKS-2
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
410
MW
e
506
MW
e
1485
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Aug, 1974
26 Aug, 1984
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
06 Sep, 1984
14 Nov, 1984
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
129.60 TW.h
83.4 %
84.2 %
16.6 %
84.2 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2023
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
1984
921.750
410
2659
99.4
94.1
94.1
97.3
97.3
1985
3101.620
415
7695
87.8
85.1
86.4
85.3
87.0
1986
3148.270
415
7643
87.2
86.0
86.2
86.6
86.8
1987
3193.950
415
7770
88.7
85.3
85.9
87.9
87.2
1988
3046.300
415
7352
83.7
81.9
85.0
83.6
86.3
1989
3300.660
415
7962
90.9
88.6
85.7
90.8
87.2
1990
3338.220
425
7845
89.6
88.0
86.1
89.7
87.6
1991
3421.600
415
7912
90.3
88.6
86.4
94.1
88.5
1992
3174.930
433
6829
77.7
76.0
85.1
83.5
87.8
1993
3568.980
433
7731
88.2
87.0
85.3
94.1
88.6
1994
3440.380
433
8000
91.3
89.4
85.7
90.7
88.8
1995
3309.080
433
7657
87.4
86.4
85.8
87.2
88.6
1996
3019.890
433
7011
79.8
79.4
85.2
79.4
87.8
1997
3267.610
433
7807
89.1
88.2
85.5
86.2
87.7
1998
3206.720
433
7717
88.1
88.2
85.7
84.5
87.5
1999
3246.620
433
7780
88.8
89.2
85.9
85.6
87.4
2000
3059.330
433
7073
80.5
80.0
85.5
80.4
86.9
2001
3266.890
441
7484
85.4
84.8
85.5
84.6
86.8
2002
3338.460
441
7644
87.3
86.5
85.6
86.4
86.8
2003
918.840
441
2089
23.8
23.8
82.2
23.8
83.4
2004
1137.220
441
2620
29.8
29.4
79.5
29.4
80.6
2005
2929.480
441
6669
76.1
75.8
79.4
75.8
80.4
2006
2399.560
441
5493
62.7
62.3
78.6
62.1
79.5
2007
3477.050
443
7887
90.0
89.2
79.0
89.6
80.0
2008
2993.790
473
6669
75.9
76.2
78.9
76.5
79.8
2009
3772.510
473
7985
91.2
91.1
79.4
91.0
80.3
2010
3715.760
473
7892
90.1
89.7
79.9
89.7
80.7
2011
3770.490
473
7978
91.1
91.0
80.3
91.0
81.1
2012
3521.360
473
7456
84.9
84.8
80.5
84.8
81.3
2013
3794.730
473
7905
90.2
89.7
80.8
91.6
81.6
2014
3903.000
473
8127
92.8
92.4
81.2
94.2
82.1
2015
3889.010
473
8118
92.7
91.9
81.6
93.9
82.5
2016
3375.140
473
7132
81.2
80.1
81.6
81.2
82.5
2017
4178.740
473
8760
100.0
99.5
82.1
100.8
83.0
2018
3670.360
477
7798
89.0
87.4
82.3
87.8
83.2
2019
3872.200
477
8127
92.8
91.5
82.6
92.7
83.5
2020
3819.360
477
8175
93.1
90.4
82.8
91.2
83.7
2021
3375.400
479
7175
81.9
80.0
82.7
80.5
83.6
2022
4074.980
479
8504
97.1
96.2
83.1
97.1
84.0
2023
3863.620
479
8170
93.3
91.6
83.4
92.1
84.2
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-04-22
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