PAKS-3

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 MWe
410 MWe
506 MWe
1485 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
01 Oct, 1979
15 Sep, 1986
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
28 Sep, 1986
01 Dec, 1986

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
132.26 TW.h
87.5 %
88.5 %
12.5 %
88.3 %
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
1986 718.540 415 2109 100.0 99.6 99.6 101.7 101.7
1987 3209.580 415 7648 87.3 87.0 87.9 88.3 89.3
1988 3300.930 415 7874 89.6 88.1 88.0 90.6 89.9
1989 3140.520 415 7343 83.8 82.4 86.2 86.4 88.8
1990 3273.390 435 7755 88.5 85.6 86.1 85.9 88.0
1991 3256.000 410 7580 86.5 84.2 85.7 90.7 88.6
1992 3587.320 433 7852 89.4 87.5 86.0 94.3 89.5
1993 3177.930 433 6950 79.3 77.4 84.8 83.8 88.7
1994 3375.990 433 7884 90.0 88.5 85.2 89.0 88.7
1995 3392.810 433 7911 90.3 89.0 85.6 89.4 88.8
1996 3429.380 433 8136 92.6 90.8 86.2 90.2 89.0
1997 3066.090 433 7136 81.5 80.9 85.7 80.8 88.2
1998 3294.110 433 7566 86.4 88.0 85.9 86.8 88.1
1999 3445.710 433 8058 92.0 92.2 86.4 90.8 88.3
2000 3517.250 433 8163 92.9 92.8 86.8 92.5 88.6
2001 3040.400 433 7159 81.7 80.3 86.4 80.2 88.0
2002 3256.840 433 7900 90.2 90.4 86.6 85.9 87.9
2003 3008.340 433 7746 88.4 80.5 86.3 79.3 87.4
2004 3333.250 433 7732 88.0 87.6 86.4 87.6 87.4
2005 3038.710 433 7088 80.9 80.1 86.0 80.1 87.0
2006 3454.910 433 8007 91.4 91.2 86.3 91.1 87.2
2007 3396.000 443 7691 87.8 87.5 86.4 87.5 87.2
2008 3530.430 443 7962 90.6 90.6 86.6 90.7 87.4
2009 3174.020 473 7078 80.8 80.9 86.3 80.9 87.1
2010 3831.500 473 8123 92.7 92.5 86.6 92.5 87.4
2011 3688.740 473 7823 89.3 89.0 86.7 89.0 87.4
2012 3803.600 473 8080 92.0 91.6 86.9 91.6 87.6
2013 3054.560 473 6480 74.0 73.2 86.3 73.7 87.0
2014 3598.710 473 7620 87.0 86.0 86.3 86.8 87.0
2015 3803.380 473 8032 91.7 90.6 86.5 91.8 87.2
2016 4172.780 473 8784 100.0 99.5 87.0 100.4 87.7
2017 3813.110 473 8073 92.2 91.0 87.1 92.0 87.8
2018 3307.590 473 7032 80.3 78.5 86.8 79.8 87.6
2019 3908.460 473 8133 92.8 92.2 87.0 94.3 87.8
2020 3871.060 473 8156 92.8 91.6 87.1 93.2 88.0
2021 4210.620 479 8752 99.9 99.2 87.5 100.6 88.3
2022 3886.480 479 8178 93.4 91.8 87.6 92.6 88.5
2023 3449.130 479 7400 84.5 81.5 87.4 82.2 88.3
2024 3747.980 479 7859 89.5 88.6 87.5 89.1 88.3
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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