Building begins on new reactors at Paks 2 site
Hungarian subcontractors have begun ground preparations for the foundations and the housing of the VVER-1200 reactors.
Hungarian subcontractors have begun ground preparations for the foundations and the housing of the VVER-1200 reactors.
The foreign minister said the Paks upgrade is a major international project that is not subject to any sanctions, with both Rosatom and Hungary cooperating with several Western companies.
The meeting was also attended by Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Kirill Komarov, Rosatom’s first deputy director general.
Minister Szijjártó said both he and the Rosatom chief had expressed their commitment towards ensuring that the two new blocks should be put into operation at the beginning of the...
The changes to the contracts and the European Union’s approval will make it possible for the plant’s new blocks to begin operating by the very beginning of the next decade.
Minister Szijjártó said that regardless of the war and the sanctions, the Paks contract had to be modified because of the technical and technological changes seen in the nine years since it was signed.
The increased role of France’s Framatome in the project concerned only the delivery of the control technology required for the new reactor blocks.
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said the upgrade of the Paks plant is crucial for Hungary’s energy security.
Paks currently operates 4 VVER-440 reactors, while preparations are underway to build two new Rosatom-designed reactors, boosting capacity to 4,400 megawatts from 2,000 megawatts.
Minister Szijjártó said Hungary will not support any proposals by Brussels that make Hungarian-Russian nuclear cooperation harder or render it impossible.
Energy Minister Csaba Lantos emphasized the need to strengthen Hungary’s energy sovereignty.
The foreign minister welcomed the decision, saying the dismissal was a “great victory for Hungary… declaring the Paks upgrade to be fully in line with EU regulations.”
The foreign minister said that the government’s scheme to keep household utility bills low put Hungary in a “unique position” in Europe.