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Budapest says regardless of Ukraine war and sanctions, contracts ‘had to be changed’
Rosatom director-general Alexey Likhachev (left) and Hungary’s foreign minister Peter Szijjarto sign the amended Paks 2 contracts. Courtesy Rosatom.
Hungary and Russia have reached agreement on “all the necessary issues” needed to proceed with the construction of two more nuclear power plants at the Paks site.
Hungary’s foreign minister Peter Szijjarto confirmed on social media that agreement had been reached on “the amendment of the construction and financing contract for the expansion of Paks”.
He said that regardless of the war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia, “life and the technological situation have changed so much that contracts had to be changed”.
“We have gone through long negotiations, but today we have reached an agreement on all the necessary issues that guarantee that we can carry out the investment and protect Hungarian families and the Hungarian economy from completely insane price changes,” Szijjarto said.
Hungary’s foreign minister Peter Szijjarto confirmed on social media that agreement had been reached on “the amendment of the construction and financing contract for the expansion of Paks”.
He said that regardless of the war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia, “life and the technological situation have changed so much that contracts had to be changed”.
“We have gone through long negotiations, but today we have reached an agreement on all the necessary issues that guarantee that we can carry out the investment and protect Hungarian families and the Hungarian economy from completely insane price changes,” Szijjarto said.
Szijjarto held talks in Moscow on the Paks 2 project for Russia to build two new nuclear power plants at the Paks site in central Hungary.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 14 April 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/hungary-and-russia-resolve-all-necessary-issues-on-nuclear-expansion-project-4-4-2023
VVER-1200 plants are scheduled to be completed in 2030
Two new VVER-1200 pressurised water reactor units are being built at Paks 2. Courtesy Paks II.
Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has begun excavation work at the site of two new nuclear units for the Paks 2 project in Hungary, Russian media reported.
“We have already started large-scale excavation work,” state-owned domestic news agency Ria Novosti reported Alexander Merten, vice-president of general contractor ASE JSC, a Rosatom subsidiary, as saying.
“Excavation work is being carried out for Unit 5 down to five metres and preparatory earthworks are being carried out for Unit 6,” Mr Merten said.
“We have already started large-scale excavation work,” state-owned domestic news agency Ria Novosti reported Alexander Merten, vice-president of general contractor ASE JSC, a Rosatom subsidiary, as saying.
“Excavation work is being carried out for Unit 5 down to five metres and preparatory earthworks are being carried out for Unit 6,” Mr Merten said.
Concrete pouring for the nuclear island is scheduled to begin in autumn 2023 and the plants should be built by 2030.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 20 September 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/russia-begins-excavation-work-for-two-new-reactor-units-at-paks-2-9-1-2022