Nuclear power plant Paks said it reduced electricity output on 13 July, due to the rising temperatures of the Danube River. The water temperature of the Danube reached 29.72 degrees Celsius at the measurement section of the plant. From 16:30, a total of 240 MW of load was reduced on units 2, 3 and 4.
The power plant refers to the 2001 Ministry of the Environment decree on radioactive contamination of air and water from the use of nuclear energy, which states that the temperature of the receiving water must not exceed 30 degrees Celsius at any point on the 500-meter-section downstream of the point of discharge.
It is also reported that the internal rules of the nuclear power plant set an intervention limit of 29.5 degrees Celsius, which, if reached, requires a reduction of power output by 0.1 degree Celsius at a rate of 80 MW per degree Celsius until the water temperature falls below the limit.
