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🇭🇺 Paks

Name: Paks
Address: Hungary

Nuclear power plant · Hungary

Operational

Capacity≈1,638 MW

Units4

First Online1983

Construction Start1974

Output (ENTSO-E)1,845 MW · 2026-09-03

Reactor TypePWR

Coordinates46.574, 18.855

Paks is a nuclear power station in Hungary. Of its 4 recorded unit(s), 4 reactors are operational. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 1,638 MW. On 2026-09-03, 4 of 4 units at this site were generating, with a combined daily mean of 1,845 MW recorded in ENTSO-E grid data. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1983. Reactor technology on site: PWR.

Reactor units at Paks

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Paks-1	Operational	PWR VVER V-213	408 MW	Construction 1974 · Grid 1983
Paks-2	Operational	PWR VVER V-213	410 MW	Construction 1974 · Grid 1984
Paks-3	Operational	PWR VVER V-213	410 MW	Construction 1979 · Grid 1986
Paks-4	Operational	PWR VVER V-213	410 MW	Construction 1979 · Grid 1987

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