Hungary Orders First Full Shutdown of Paks Nuclear Plant as Danube Levels Breach Cooling Threshold

Prime Minister Peter Magyar confirmed all four reactors ceased generation on August 2 after river levels hit minus 134cm, triggering emergency supply suspensions for industrial consumers under a new regulation with unpublished financial terms.

Hungary ordered the complete cessation of operations at the Paks Nuclear Power Plant on August 2, marking the first full shutdown in the facility’s 44-year history [2]. Prime Minister Peter Magyar confirmed that the final reactor block was powered down during the night of Sunday, August 2, after water levels in the Danube River fell to minus 134cm at the plant’s intake point [3][5]. This specific hydrological reading breached the mandatory cooling threshold required for safe operation, converting a long-term environmental risk into an immediate operational halt for the country’s sole nuclear asset [1].

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