Two new buildings of the construction and erection base received construction licenses

7/2/20, 6:07 PM
Single-storey industrial buildings will be built as part of the steel and rebar assembly plant complex.
According to the Espoo Convention Hungary informed 30 European countries regarding the international phase of the Paks II. project’s environmental approval during the preliminary consultation. 11 countries, Croatia among them, indicated their will to take part in the licensing process.

During the public hearing of Osijek dr. Attila Aszódi, government commissioner for the maintenance of the performance of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant provided general information about the Paks II. investment, then described the environmental impacts of the construction and operation of the new nuclear power plant units. The government commissioner also addressed the nuclear safety requirements and the safety parameters of the new power plant units.

Visualization of steel and rebar assembly workshop No. 6.1After the presentation – like in the case of the 7 May public hearing in Paks – there was an opportunity for everyone to ask questions and give opinions. During the nearly 5 hours long event several questions were asked by various NGOs, municipilaties and authorities. Most of them were about security, the handling of the spent fuel and radioactive waste and radioactive emission. Everyone received a detailed answer in every case.

The next station of the international phase is Vienna, where the public hearing will be held on 23 September, after that the consultation tour will continue in Romania, Slovenia, Ukraine, Germany and Serbia. The aim of the professional consultations, public forums and public hearings is that the Hungarian environmental authority can receive further opinions so the environmental impact study will contain every such approaches which will be considered during the assessment.

Paks II. Ltd. received the construction licenses for the construction of the steel and rebar assembly workshop and the related metal goods warehouse from the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority. The single-storey industrial buildings with a gross floor area of 11,400 and 3,600 m2 respectively, which will be implemented as part of the steel and rebar assembly plant complex, will be built in the immediate vicinity of each other at the construction and erection base. The workshop will be used for the processing of structural steels, for the pre-assembly of steel supporting structures, for the production of on-site steel formwork, steel structural elements for bushings, as well as for the processing of reinforcing bars and fittings. In the warehouse, the raw materials used in the plant will be stored and the manufactured products will be stored.

Visualization of metal goods warehouse No. 6.2