Hitzewelle: Ungarns AKW Paks entgeht in Hitzewelle knapp der Abschaltung
Niedrige Pegelstände der Donau haben Ungarns einziges Atomkraftwerk an den Rand einer Komplettabschaltung gebracht. Regierung und Unternehmen reagieren mit drastischen Sparmaßnahmen.
Budapest saw Hungarian nuclear power plant Paks narrowly avoid full shutdown due to low water levels in the Danube. Prime Minister Peter Magyar reported on Facebook that the plant was just a few millimeters away from complete shutdown in the morning. The rise in water level, which increased by 1.5 centimeters, saved the plant from being shut down completely, he stated Tuesday morning.
Currently, the nuclear power plant, which typically generates a third of the country's electricity, would operate its last turbine under safe conditions. The Paks nuclear power plant, with four reactor blocks, is located about 100 kilometers south of the capital Budapest and draws its cooling water from the Danube. Currently, water levels in Hungary are at historic lows.
The Central European country is currently experiencing a heatwave, along with other countries on the continent. Operating one turbine generates 240 megawatts of power at Paks nuclear power plant, which is only 12 percent of the total output during normal operation, according to the Hungarian Ministry of Energy.
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