The Hungarian Foreign Ministers and Rosatom discussed the construction of the Paks-2 nuclear power plant

Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev met with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, who arrived in Moscow. They discussed steps to implement the construction of the Paks-2 nuclear power plant, as well as other issues of cooperation in the nuclear sector, according to press release Rosatom.

According to the corporation, now at the site for the future nuclear power plant “preparatory work is underway to erect auxiliary buildings and structures.” Also, “the process of obtaining licensed documentation for certain types of work and equipment manufacturing continues.”

Mr. Szijjarto then said that the new units of the nuclear power plant should be completed as soon as possible. He claims that “Brussels has already understood that without nuclear energy there can be no energy security and no European green transition.”

“We must strive to ensure that Paks-2 is built as soon as possible, despite all the difficulties, because the sooner new units are built, the sooner we will be protected from absolutely insane price spikes in the international energy market,” he wrote. minister on Facebook (owned by Meta, which is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation and banned).

Russia and Hungary at the end of 2014 signed documents on the construction of new power units No. 5 and No. 6 at the Paks NPP. It was assumed that Russia would provide Hungary with a loan of up to €10 billion for the project, and the total cost of the work was estimated at €12.5 billion. The Hungarian regulator issued a license for the construction of Paks-2 in August 2022. According to Rosatom, construction at the facility is scheduled to begin in 2024.

Laura Keffer