Water levels on the Danube are up 9cm from lows on Sunday, and rain is expected in areas of Austria that feed into the river, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said in a post on Facebook early Thursday.
Magyar said the last one of eight turbines at the Paks nuclear power plant continued to operate. He urged industrial and household consumers to continue to scale back their electricity consumption. Output of the Paks NPP, which accounts for about half of domestic electricity generation, has gradually been ramped down as water levels on the Danube, used to cool the plant, reached record lows.
Good new concerning the Paks NPP: water level rises by 4cm at Paks in 24 hours
The Danube at Paks rose by four centimetres over the past 24 hours, with the upward trend continuing, according to a report on the heat alert published by the Hungarian government on Thursday morning on kormany.hu.
The report said hydrological data showed that the river stood at -134cm at 7am on Wednesday. The water temperature at the Paks monitoring station was 27.9C.
To ensure the safe operation of the Paks nuclear power plant, 16 pumps are stationed at the pumping facilities, with a further four in the harbour and 11 held in reserve on the riverbank, officials said.
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Domestic power plants generating electricity, imports ensured – minister
Domestic power plants are generating electricity, and electricity imports are ensured, Economy and Energy Minister István Kapitány said in a post on Facebook early Thursday. Kapitany also urged industrial and household consumers to continue to scale back their electricity consumption.
Output of Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant, which accounts for about half of domestic electricity generation, has gradually been ramped down as water levels on the Danube, used to cool the plant, reached record lows.
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