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The Hungarian Branch of Rosatom’s Engineering Division (ASE) organised a seminar for potential suppliers of the Paks II NPP project. The event, which was attended by more than 350 representatives of 180 companies, including 150 from Hungary, was held in Paks. Vitaly Polyanin, Vice President of ASE and Director of the Paks II Construction Project said the large number of participants indicated great interest on the part of the companies in the project.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 02 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-sponsors-seminar-in-hungary-for-potential-suppliers-of-paks-ii-11561449
Slovak power utility Slovenské Elektrárne (SE) hosted a two-day forum, the 5th annual VVER Fuel Forum in Bratislava. The forum on nuclear fuel for VVER 440 and VVER 1000 reactors, which was sponsored by Westinghouse, was attended by representatives of utilities that are potential customers for Westinghouse VVER fuel. These included Ukraine’s Energoatom, Finland’s Fortum, the Czech Republic’s CEZ, Bulgaria’s JE Kozloduy, and Hungary’s nuclear plant operator MVM Paks. The participants exchanged experiences on the procedure for implementing fuel from Westinghouse for operating VVER-440 and VVER-1000 reactors.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 29 February 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsslovakia-hosts-westinghouse-sponsored-vver-nuclear-fuel-forum-11554179
The information session for those interested in gaining contracts with the Paks II nuclear power plant construction project was attended by 350 people from 180 companies, including 150 from Hungary.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 28 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/More-than-180-companies-attend-Paks-II-suppliers-e
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has released its Energy Sector Strategy 2024-28. EBRD says it “prioritises the urgent need to accelerate the decarbonisation of energy through scaling up renewables, enhancing grids and storage, promoting zero-carbon fuels and phasing out unabated fossil fuels.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsebrds-energy-sector-strategy-ignores-nuclear-11387315
Global supply chain needed so countries can move from dependence on Moscow, says Urenco executive
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 20 December 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/europe-bloc-needs-new-strategy-on-russian-nuclear-fuel-but-investment-required-12-3-2023
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade Péter Szijjártó said on his Facebook page that construction of an anti-filtration curtain had been completed at the Paks II expansion project. This followed a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of a meeting of the Organisation for Security & Cooperation in Europe in Skopje. “This means that we built a 2.7 km wall in record time. Our goal of constructing two new nuclear power units in Paks by the beginning of the 2030s remains quite realistic," he noted.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 07 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsprogress-continues-at-paks-ii-11352005
The possibility of using nuclear fuel from suppliers other than Russia’s TVEL at the Paks NPP has been legally enshrined in Hungary’s legislation. Members of the national parliament supported an amendment to the nuclear energy strategy proposed by the government. State Secretary at the Ministry of Energy Attila Steiner noted that Paks, Hungary’s only NPP currently uses nuclear fuel supplied by Rosatom enterprises.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 30 November 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newshungary-authorises-use-of-diverse-nuclear-fuel-sources-11335610
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade Péter Szijjártó said the construction phase of the Paks NPP expansion project is underway. At the signing of the construction timetable for the coming years, he told a joint press conference with Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev that the new units would begin operation in the 2030s. “We will be able to connect the new NPP to the grid at the start of the next decade,” he said.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsconstruction-schedule-agreed-for-hungarys-paks-ii-11304898
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and Rosatom's Director General Alexei Likhachev have signed an agreement on the schedule for the construction of the Paks II nuclear power plant.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Construction-schedule-agreed-for-Paks-II-in-Hungar
European Union (EU) countries may delete a key part of planned reforms to Europe's electricity market in the face of continued disagreements between France and Germany, Reuters has reported.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 06 October 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgerman-french-disagreements-block-eu-power-market-reforms-11198447