“Climate Elections:” Green Debate During Primaries After a long debate on Wednesday evening, Klára Dobrev and Péter Márki-Zay, the two remaining candidates for prime minister in... 2021.10.15.
Paks II Not Given Long-Awaited Permit The documents submitted for the construction of a new nuclear power plant are not convincing enough for the agency to... 2021.10.01.
Fire Put out at Paks Nuclear Plant A minor fire broke out on the premises of the Paks nuclear power plant but it was soon put out,... 2021.07.20.
New Paks Power Plant Blocks Could Start Commercial Operation in 2029 Two new blocks at Paks could start commercial operation in 2029 and in 2030, the minister in charge of the... 2021.06.26.
LMP Calls on Govt to Verify Paks Project Earthquake Safety The opposition LMP party has called on the government to verify that the upgrade of the Paks nuclear plant was... 2021.01.12.
Orbán Meets Rosatom Leader: Paks Upgrade Construction Proceeds According to Schedule Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday met Aleksey Likhachev, the Director-General of Russian energy giant Rosatom, to discuss the upgrade... 2020.12.03.
Paks 2 Nuclear Power Plant Gets Energy Office Permit Hungary's energy regulatory authority (MEKH) has given its permit for the construction of the Paks 2 nuclear power plant, the... 2020.11.20.
LMP Urges Talks on Future’s ‘Greatest Challenge’ Nuclear Waste Storage Opposition LMP is calling for broad consultations on the storage of radioactive waste in Hungary. László Lóránt Keresztes, the party's... 2020.09.08.
Paks Block 1 Operating Regularly The number one block of the Paks nuclear plant is again operating at its nominal output, the plant said on... 2020.08.19.
Paks Block Back Online after Reactor Trip The Paks nuclear power plant's number four block went back online on Friday after a technical malfunction on Thursday caused... 2020.08.15.
Technical Malfunction Causes Paks Reactor Trip The Paks nuclear power plant reported a reactor trip on Thursday caused by a technical malfunction. The malfunction caused an... 2020.08.13.
Expansion of Paks Nuclear Waste Storages Going to Plan The expansion of a temporary storage of radioactive waste at Hungary's sole nuclear power plant in Paks and of the... 2020.06.29.
Paks 2 Project to Ask Atomic Energy Authority Permission on June 30 The permission request for building a new nuclear energy power station block in Paks will be submitted to the Hungarian... 2020.06.27.
LMP Submits Demand for Data of Public Interest over Rosatom Move to Budapest Green opposition LMP will submit a demand for data of public interest in order to learn the costs and consequences... 2020.01.27.
Paks Receives HUF 4b for Nuclear Plant Upgrade Developments The town of Paks, in central Hungary, has received nearly 4 billion forints (EUR 12.1m) in government funding for developments... 2020.01.08.
Technical Malfunction Causes Paks Reactor Trip Hungary's sole nuclear power plant at Paks reported a reactor trip on Thursday caused by a technical malfunction. The malfunction... 2019.10.31.
Szijjártó Meets Gazprom, Rosatom Leaders in Budapest Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó met leaders of Russia's national gas company Gazprom and Russian nuclear energy giant Rosatom for talks... 2019.10.30.
Paks Nuclear Plant: Higher Danube Temperatures No Security Risk Rising water temperatures measured in the Danube do not yet pose a security risk to Hungary's sole nuclear plant at... 2019.08.05.
Paks Block 2 Resumes Operation after Electric Malfunction The Paks nuclear power plant's number two block started operating on Thursday morning after a malfunction in the external electricity... 2019.06.27.
Orbán Discusses Paks Upgrade with Rosatom CEO Prime Minister Viktor Orbán discussed the ongoing upgrade of Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant with Alexey Likhachev, the CEO of... 2019.05.13.
Hungary’s Biggest Solar Plant Inaugurated at Paks A new solar plant built at a cost of 9 billion forints (EUR 28.5m) outside Paks, just a few kilometres... 2019.03.06.
