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Rosatom State Corporation has started the main stage of the construction of the Paks-2 NPP in Hungary. This was reported in the press service of the company.
As specified in the Russian state corporation, the Hungarian road construction company Duna Aszfalt Kft. acts as a contractor, which has already begun to carry out work on digging out the pit where the future 6th power unit of the station will be located. Another company from Hungary is BAUER Magyarország Speciális Mélyépítő Kft. began work on strengthening the soil, while continuing work on the construction of anti-filtration protection of the construction site.
At the same time, Rosatom noted that the launch of this project was preceded by the signing by the parties of amendments to the contract on the construction of two new power units, which happened on August 18. As a result, the Hungarian customer of the Paks-2 NPP project – Paks II. Nuclear Power Plant Ltd. issued an appropriate official notification providing for the transition to the second, main stage of construction.
It is worth noting that the area of the object is the size of four football fields.
In addition, about 1 million cubic meters of soil will also have to be removed. Thus, in accordance with the plan, it is planned to complete work on the site of block 6 by the end of autumn 2023.
With the advent of this nuclear power plant in Hungary, the country's economy will receive a reliable source of electricity generation. Tax revenues will also increase, new jobs will be created (only during the construction of the station their number will reach 10 thousand), while the Russian industry will receive a significant number of orders for the production of appropriate equipment.
For reference: at the Paksh-2 NPP, 2 power units with water-water reactors (VVER) with a capacity of 1200 MW of generation 3+ will be built. This project is being implemented within the framework of the Russian-Hungarian intergovernmental agreement of January 14, 2014. It is also supported by 3 basic contracts. In August last year, the main license for the construction of the station was issued. The guaranteed service life of 5 and 6 power units is 60 years. Currently, 4 power units with VVER-440 type reactors are operating at the Paksh NPP, built since the Soviet times. The contractor from the Russian side is the Management Company of the Engineering Division of Rosatom – JSC Atomstroyexport.
To date, Hungary provides its electricity needs by more than 50%, wanting to bring this value to at least 90%.