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Hungarian government insists on Russian nuclear power: amendment to Paks contract signed
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The amended construction contract of the upgrade of the Paks nuclear plant has been signed, marking the end of the project’s preparatory phase and paving the way for the start of construction works, Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said on Friday.
The signing of the contract is an important milestone in the construction of the new reactor blocks, Péter Szijjártó said after a video call with Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom’s chief executive, and a meeting with Alexander Merten, the deputy head of ASE, the Rosatom unit that is the general contractor for the project.
The signing of the new construction contract was made possible by the modified financing contract’s entry into force on 16 August, Szijjártó told a joint press conference with Merten.
There are several provisions in the new contract that will speed up and facilitate progress in the project in the coming period, the minister said. Work on the diaphragm wall is ongoing, with 467 metres of it already built, and groundwork for block six is set to get under way, he said, adding that ground consolidation work was set to start in the autumn.
The signing of the new construction contract and the transition to the project’s construction phase will make it possible to pour the first concrete by the end of next year and reach another key milestone, Szijjártó said.
Of all the countries in the world you could buy from, French, US, South Korean, why buy a Russian nuclear power plant? Hungary has now put itself into a vulnerable dependency on Russian assistance to maintain its’ power production for the next 40 years. That is what Orban wants for Hungarians – dependency on the fascist Russian regime.
Our Politicians are defending the Rosatom deal extremely tenaciously.
Very curious as to the terms, parties, side letters, etc. State secret for the next 50 years, no doubt!