What’s going on? Production at Paks nuclear plant down half
Production at the Paks nuclear power plant fell by half of its rated output on Monday. This happened after a technical fault and a load on the power control system further reduced output due to a major overhaul of unit 2 that lasted nearly a month. The nuclear power plant was producing little more than half steam Tuesday morning.
Production at the Paks nuclear power plant, which has a total electrical capacity of 2026.6 MW, fell below 900 megawatts (MW) for several hours on Monday at 11 AM. It was after the plant’s Unit 1 was loaded by 50 MW as a result of the plant’s participation in the so-called tertiary system regulation, Portfolio reports.
The reduction in production due to system control ended before 4 PM that afternoon. Unit 1 has since been operating at nominal capacity again. However, a few minutes after 6 AM on the same day, production of unit 3 stopped completely due to a safeguard operation. That is the reason for the decline in the power plant’s production.
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Source: portfolio.hu
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