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Off-site electrical engineering training starts in Paks
28.01.2025
From September, electrical engineers will be trained in Paks in the framework of a correspondence dual training program in partnership with Paks II. Ltd.
Paks provided nearly half of domestic electricity production again in 2024
21.01.2025
This year, the system load record has already been broken twice in five days.
IEA: Nuclear power is set to reach a new record in 2025
20.01.2025
Nuclear energy is seeing a renaissance, with record levels of electricity generation expected in 2025, while 70 gigawatts of new nuclear capacity is under construction globally, according to the new IEA report.
It took less than three months to set a new electricity consumption record
16.01.2025
Hungary needed more than 2500 MW of imports during the historical maximum consumption period.
The air ambulance was assisted by workers of the Paks II. project
19.12.2024
The Szekszárd air rescue base received a modern, portable ultrasound device following a joint collection by the employees of Paks ll. Ltd. and Atomstroyexport.
Nuclear industry gets first-hand information about Paks II.
02.12.2024
More than a quarter of the presentations at the Nuclear Technical Symposium held in Budapest dealt with the Paks II. nuclear power plant project.
Péter Szijjártó: We have received the most important approval for the first concrete pouring of Paks II
29.11.2024
The project has taken an important step closer to the first concrete pouring after the authority approved the preliminary safety report required for this.
New electricity consumption record was set
26.11.2024
More electricity was consumed than ever before on 22nd November at noon. 30 percent of the demand was met by the nuclear power plant.
Péter Szijjártó: Power plant construction is taking place in compliance with the strictest safety and professional standards
14.11.2024
Construction work has accelerated in the Paks expansion, the next important step is the first concrete, which is expected by January-February 2025 at the latest – the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced.
Mayoral visit to the construction site
14.11.2024
The leaders of the settlements in the immediate vicinity of the investment were informed about the progress of the nuclear power plant construction.
The new nuclear power plant will be controllable over a wide range
11.10.2024
At the Portfolio Energy Investment Forum 2024, Gergely Jákli, Chairman-CEO of Paks II. Ltd., spoke about manoeuvring capability of the units under construction.
The soil excavation up to the design level has started
26.09.2024
Deepening of the excavation pit is continuing for the planned Unit 5 – Péter Szijjártó announced.
Péter Szijjártó: the Paks expansion project shows that nuclear cooperation can bring rationality back to world politics
17.09.2024
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade spoke in Vienna about the fact that partnership and cooperation in the field of nuclear energy is still based on a professional basis.
Péter Szijjártó: the Paks II. project has reached another important milestone
27.08.2024
The soil improvement works under the nuclear island of Unit 5 have been successfully completed, according to the the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
The elements of the core-catcher have been lifted by crane
07.08.2024
In only two days of coordinated, precise work, the elements of the core-catcher were lifted in the inlet channel of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant.
The core-catcher has arrived in Paks
01.08.2024
– The Paks II. project has reached a new milestone with the arrival of one of the most important long-lead item – Péter Szijjártó announced.
Péter Szijjártó: the core-catcher will arrive in Paks in one or two weeks
18.07.2024
In Istanbul, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó met with Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom. The meeting was also attended by Chairman-CEO Gergely Jákli, and Managing Director Róbert Griljov.
Paks II. was also discussed at the recent conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency
02.07.2024
More than forty years of experience from operating units will also be used in the Paks II. project – was said in Vienna.
The European Union exempts the Paks II. project from sanctions in a separate paragraph
27.06.2024
Gergely Jákli said the decision is an important signal for EU and Hungarian suppliers.
Paks II. project receives exemption from EU sanctions
24.06.2024
European companies will no longer need the permission of national authorities to participate in the project.