At the Paks City Day the interactive truck, which was awarded a prestigious diploma at the international Atomexpo Awards attracted numerous visitors, over a few hours more than a thousand were interested in learning about nuclear power and the new power plant units. Next to the vehicle, as during the festivals, beanbags and hammocks provided comfort, while children could play with memory games, puzzles and colorings.

 
The oath of the ministers of the new government at the plenary session of the Parliament on 18 May 2018. MTI Photo: Noémi Bruzák The interactive vehicle of Paks II. started its country roundtrip back in the autumn of 2009, more than 300.000 visited the mobile exhibition in the meantime, and reached every settlement with a population over 5000. Since 2013 the exhibit visits the bigger domestic musical and cultural festivals. Following the by-pass in Paks, the truck continues its trip to Budapest, then it can be seen on 26 June at the VOLT Festival.

Before his ministerial oath of 18 May János Süli spoke about the actualities of the project at the Parliament’s Economic Committee’s and Sustainable Development Committee’s sessions on 15 May. This year's major task will be the submit of the implementation license application, adding that the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority will assess some 300,000 pages of documentation with the involvement of international experts. Based on this the investment will receive the permit at the end of 2019 or early 2020, so the 2026-27 deadline can be held. He reminded that two important licenses, environmental and site permits, as well as around 300 smaller permits are already in the possession of the company.
 

János Süli at the Economic Committee’s session 

János Süli emphasized that the implementation of the new Paks units is justified, because Hungary has had to purchase 30% of the electricity consumed in the last few years. The European power plant park is getting older as the domestic demand for industrial and residential power is growing, which poses a high risk to the country. As he said, it is no longer a question whether to build Paks II., but what will be the next energy element of electricity supply.