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MALFUNCTION REDUCES PAKS BLOCK CAPACITY, NO IMPACT ON NUCLEAR SAFETY

 

Due to an electrical system malfunction, block number four at Hungary’s sole nuclear power plant at Paks is operating at a capacity of 255MW, operator MVM Paksi Atomerőmű said. The malfunction has had no impact on nuclear safety, it added. Experts are working to resolve the problem which occurred at 7.50am, it said. Each of the plant’s four blocks has a nominal capacity of 500MW.