Westinghouse Electric Company of the United States Launches Design Study for Slovak Nuclear Power Plant

Recently, Westinghouse Electric Company of the United States officially launched a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study for an advanced AP1000 nuclear reactor at the Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant in Slovakia, marking a breakthrough in Slovakia's new nuclear power project. It is reported that the project is being developed by JESS (Slovak Nuclear Energy Company), wholly owned by JAVYS (Slovak state-owned nuclear decommissioning company), and has received funding support from the U.S. Department of State. This six-month preliminary study will fully advance the project's engineering design, licensing approval, and overall construction planning. Slovakia...

2026-10-30

Hungary's Paks Nuclear Power Plant Avoids Full Shutdown as Danube Rises 2 cm, Now Operating at Only 240 MW

From the night of August 4 to the early morning of August 5, Hungary's Paks Nuclear Power Plant (about 100 km south of Budapest, commissioned in 1982, never fully shut down in its history) nearly disconnected from the grid due to low Danube water levels—3 of its 4 units had been sequentially shut down, leaving only one turbine operating at about 240 MW (normal output near 2,000 MW), supplying roughly half of Hungary's electricity. Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar stated that the river level rose about 2 cm overnight, allowing the final unit's cooling to be maintained and averting the first full shutdown in 44 years; temperatures are still expected to exceed 40°C in the coming days, with cooling and rainfall only anticipated around Friday (approximately August 8). To alleviate energy pressure, Prime Minister Magyar thanked those who voluntarily...

2026-08-06