HUNGARY'S PAKS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CUTS OUTPUT ON REACTOR 3 DUE TO HIGH DOWNSTREAM COOLING WATER TEMPERATURE
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A measurement taken this morning showed a cooling water temperature downstream of the station at 29.7 degrees Celsius, exceeding the intervention limit of 29.5°C.
Experts will conduct new checks of the river temperature, and further measures will depend on the measured results.
Hungary reduced the production of one of the Paks nuclear power reactors after the Danube water, used for cooling, exceeded the intervention threshold set by the authorities, announced on Saturday the operator of the power plant, MVM, on its website.
The nuclear power plant in the small town of Paks, Hungary reduced production at one of its four reactors by 243 MW due to high water temperatures in the river… Hungary: The nuclear power plant in Paks reduces production due to high water temperatures in the Danube - ΙΝΑΦΤΕΜΟΠΟΡΙΚΙ
The Paks nuclear power plant in Hungary has reduced output at one of its four reactors by 243 MW due to high water temperatures in the Danube River, amid a record heat wave, the plant's operator, MVM, said on its website on Saturday. According to the announcement, a measurement taken this morning showed that the temperature of the cooling water downstream of the plant was 29.7 degrees Celsius, exceeding the intervention limit of 29.5 °C. Enginee…
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