The gradual power ramp-up of the 2nd reactor of the Paks nuclear power plant began at 6 PM on Monday, the plant said on its website. Strict rules must be followedThe process follows strict procedures, they said, noting that just as the plant’s power was reduced step-by-step during the shutdown, the ramp-up also involves a multi-stage increase in reactor power. Paks number 2 block operating at nameplate capacityOutput of the number 2 block of the Paks nuclear power plant returned to nameplate capacity at 10:28 in the evening on Monday, operator MVM Paksi Atomerőmű said. The operator had said hours earlier that it was ramping up output of the block as water levels on the Danube — used to cool the NPP — continued to rise. The Paks NPP has four blocks, each with two turbines and nameplate capacity of 500 MW.