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Technical Malfunction Causes Paks Reactor Trip

MTI-Hungary Today 2020.08.13.

The Paks nuclear power plant reported a reactor trip on Thursday caused by a technical malfunction.

The malfunction caused an automatic shutdown of the plant’s number four block at 3.45am, operator MVM Paksi Atomerőmű said on its website.

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The trip has no effect on nuclear safety, the operator said, adding that experts are working to resolve the issue.

Each of the plant’s four blocks has a nominal capacity of 500MW. Paks accounts for about half of domestic electricity production.

Featured image by Tamás Sóki/MTI

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