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Advisory body recommends temperature threshold for Paks discharge along Danube stretch
The Advisory Body for Sustainable Nuclear Energy recommended a 32-degree Celsius temperature threshold for the stretch.
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FM: Energy cooperation between Hungary and France is 'outstanding'
Minister Szijjártó said energy was "the most successful area of bilateral cooperation" between Hungary and France, adding that the sides were "in full agreement" on the use of nuclear energy.
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Foreign Minister calls for nuclear energy to remain a terrain for international cooperation
Minister Szijjártó said that severing nuclear cooperation between Europe and Russia “would be another dent on the continent’s competitiveness”.
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PM Orbán: Nuclear energy can produce cheap, safe and sustainable electricity
The prime minister noted that Hungary has been using nuclear energy for some fifty years.
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FM: Paks upgrade is ‘Fukushima-proof’
Minister Szijjártó told parliament’s sustainable development committee that the two new reactor blocks being built will be protected by a doubly reinforced concrete wall structure capable of withstanding even the most severe external pressures.
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FM: Without a big increase in nuclear capacity, the EU’s energy security will not improve
The foreign minister said Europe was living through “the greatest economic, security and energy crises” of the past decades.
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FM: Pro-peace voices need to be louder
“Somehow the rhetoric of war is still louder and more voluble than the rhetoric of peace,” the foreign minister said.
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FM: Framatome to take over role of Siemens Energy at Paks
Minister Szijjártó said the expansion of nuclear energy production is the best way to guarantee Hungary’s long-term energy security and sustain the achievements of the scheme capping household energy prices.
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FM: Preserving earth contingent on nuclear energy and electric vehicle industry
The foreign minister said Hungary’s government aims to maintain a well-balanced approach to investments in energy and environmental protection as both aspects are needed to boost competitiveness.
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FM: Framatome to have larger role in Paks expansion
The foreign minister said the expansion of the Paks plant cannot succeed without cooperation with France, given that the control system for the new reactor blocks is being supplied by a French-German consortium.
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FM: German government is continuing to block delivery of Paks control system
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said the upgrade of the Paks plant is crucial for Hungary’s energy security.
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Survey: More Europeans in favor of nuclear energy amid crisis
40% of Europeans now say the continent should use nuclear technology to produce a considerable amount or a lot of energy.
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FM: Paks receives shipment of nuclear fuel rods
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said that during the energy crisis, it has become especially important if a country can produce for itself the majority of electricity needed.