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Hungary’s nuclear power plant reduces output due to the hot weather

Paks nuclear power plant in trouble: it runs with reduced performance.
 https://dailynewshungary.com/paks-nuclear-power-plant-in-trouble-it-runs-with-reduced-performance/  John Woods · 14/07/2023
Hungary’s nuclear power plant in Paks reduced its performance due to the significant increase in the water temperature of the Danube River, the Hungarian News Agency said in a statement. According to telex.hu, the Danube’s water temperature reached 29.72 degrees at the measuring point. Therefore, from 4.30 PM, the nuclear power plant reduced the performance of blocks 2, 3, and 4 by 240 megawatts. According to a 2001 environmental protection ministerial decree, the water temperature around Paks cannot exceed 30 °C.
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In the power plant’s interior regulation, 29.5 degrees is the intervention limit. Provided they reach that, they reduce the power plant’s performance by 80 megawatts per 0.1 °C to reach the prescribed temperature level.
 https://dailynewshungary.com/paks-nuclear-power-plant-in-trouble-it-runs-with-reduced-performance/ 

July 15, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, EUROPE