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Hungary's Paks nuclear plant could shut down on Thursday or Friday, PM says
Officials said the plant supplies nearly half of Hungary’s electricity and may resume operations later Thursday after repairs.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant may shut down imminently as the Danube hit record lows; Magyar warned, "The complete shutdown of the Paks power plant could take place today, or perhaps tomorrow."
- The Danube's gauge level stood at 23 centimetres on Wednesday, restricting cooling water intake for the 2,000 MW Paks facility, which supplies nearly half of Hungary's electricity but has never previously shut down entirely.
- Romania shut down both its nuclear reactors on July 29 due to low river levels; the Dunamenti Power Plant went offline after a malfunction, cutting a further 400 MW from the grid.
- Hungarian officials are preparing crisis plans to identify large industrial consumers for temporary consumption cuts; Magyar noted the country's import infrastructure can handle between 3,600 MW and 3,800 MW.
- Repairs were underway at the Dunamenti Power Plant, expected to resume operations later on Thursday; while Paks has reduced output during previous summers, this potential complete closure underscores unprecedented drought severity.
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Hungary to shut nuclear plant as heatwave hits central Europe
Hungary's sole nuclear power plant will be shut down next week because of low water levels in the river Danube, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said Friday as central Europe slogs through the latest in a series of heatwaves.The nuclear plant in Paks, south of Budapest, provides around 40 percent of Hungary's annual electricity generation.The operator...
Hungarian Prime Minister Magyar has called on people and companies in his country to save electricity. Due to the gradual shutdown of Paks nuclear power plant due to the low Danube levels, Hungary is threatening an unprecedented energy crisis, Magyar explained in an online message.
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