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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Alexei Likhachov, director general of the Russian state nuclear energy group Roszatom, at the Carmelite Monastery, writes MTI.
According to Bertalan Havasi, Undersecretary of State in charge of the Prime Minister’s Press Office, the conciliation stated that
It was also emphasized that in order to achieve its climate protection objectives, Hungary must rely on both nuclear energy and renewable energy sources in the long term.
Furthermore, it was stated that it is essential for the long-term competitiveness of the Hungarian economy that the Hungarian people and national companies have access to cheap electricity from a clean, predictable domestic source.
At Thursday’s hearing, the parties evaluated the Paks II. progress of the project and agreed that
that the investment is on time.
Last year, several important steps were taken in the preparation of the two new units of the nuclear power plant, such as submitting an application for a nuclear installation permit to the National Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA) in June and obtaining the so-called installation permit. Power Regulatory Authority for Energy and Utilities of Hungary.
It was also reported that several constructions in the parade area have received the construction permit from the HAEA, and construction works have also begun on the Investment Center of the Power Plant.
The parties reviewed the main tasks for the near future. In this sense, the first construction earthworks – the masonry of the holes, the consolidation of the soil and the construction of the excavation pit – which can begin in the first half of 2021, are of the utmost importance.
In addition to Orban and Likachov, the meeting was attended by Alexander Merten, Senior Vice President of the Rosat International Network, Vladimir Sergeyev, Russian Ambassador to Budapest, and Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade and János Süli. The minister was present.
Péter Szijjártó also reported on the meeting on Facebook:
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