Paks nuclear power plant

Paks nuclear power plant in context

Paks nuclear power plant is the only operating nuclear site in Hungary on record, so it holds all of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 86th of 172 operating sites worldwide by gross capacity.

Its operating units started up between 1983 and 1987; the median unit is 41.0 years old, the same as the median in Hungary.

The 4 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 7.0 to 10.1 years (median 8.1) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1980s is 7.3 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Mochovce nuclear power plant (189 km), Bohunice nuclear power plant (231 km) and Krško nuclear power plant (266 km).

4 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit 1 +17.4%, Unit 2 +16.8%, Unit 3 +16.8% and Unit 4 +16.8%.

Build time by unit

Nearest tracked nuclear sites

How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.