Paks
- Country: Hungary
- Role: Civil Power
- Status: Operating
- Year: 1982
Overview
Four VVER-440 reactors on the Danube supplying about a third of Hungarian electricity. Construction of two Russian supplied VVER-1200 units was approved by Hungary and cleared by the EU with conditions on fuel diversity, one of the few new builds in central Europe.
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