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OAH issues construction permit for new Paks reactor building
The reactor building will guarantee that no harmful substances will be released into the environment during the energy production process.
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Foreign minister: Another milestone passed as nuclear authority grants melt trap for Paks-2 expansion
The Paks-2 nuclear power plant expansion project received positive news on Thursday after the National Atomic Energy Agency (HAEA) approved the application for a manufacturing authorization for the melt trap.
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FM: Upgrade of Paks nuclear plant is in Hungary’s interest
The Hungarian atomic energy authority is in the process of reviewing permit applications, and once those permits are issued, “construction may enter its next phase,” Minister Szijjártó said.
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FM: Opposition's Paks demands are irresponsible
The foreign minister said that calls of Hungary’s leftist politicians to scrap the upgrade of the Paks nuclear power plant and to stop gas deliveries were “irresponsible”.
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Rosatom: Paks upgrade going ahead as planned
The project of building two new blocks to the Paks nuclear power plant is being implemented as planned so that they be able to start operations in 2029-2030.
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FM: Paks nuclear power station expansion on track
The foreign minister said nuclear energy, “is a clean, cheap and safe way to cover energy demands.”
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FM: IAEA greatly appreciates Hungary’s efforts to guarantee security of its nuclear assets
The foreign minister has revealed that US, German and French companies have won tenders in the Paks project, “which has grown to become a platform for large-scale East-West economic cooperation”.
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Foreign Minister welcomes approval of technical plan for expansion of Paks
The first three of the support buildings for construction have been granted a building permit and the first of these, the main contractor’s office building, is being built.
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PM Orbán pushes forward with Paks nuclear plant expansion
PM Orbán said the expansion will significantly increase Hungary’s energy supply security and independence while also contributing to the country achieving its climate protection goals
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János Süli: Hungary has “no alternative” but to build a nuclear plant
Süli told the Budapest Energy Summit that climate policy goals cannot be fulfilled without nuclear energy and nuclear plants are capable of providing non-stop power for both the industrial sector and consumers
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Paks to be completed on time with no safety compromises
The two new reactor blocks will be completed within deadline and without any technical or safety compromises.
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Hungary to power ahead with Paks nuclear power upgrade despite Austria's opposition
Austria‘s Environment Ministry said that it would ask the court to annul the European Commission’s resolution approving the Paks nuclear power plant expansion
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GE Hungary wins 793 million EUR tender for Paks nuclear power plant
GE Hungary has won a 793 million EUR tender to manufacture and supply the turbines for the new reactors at the Paks Nuclear Power Plant