In Hungary, the start of concreting works for the reactor building foundation slab of the Paks II project has been marked, moving the project into the status of a nuclear power plant “under construction.”
As we have reported earlier, Paks II envisions the construction of two new VVER-1200 units (Units 5 and 6) as an expansion of the existing Paks Nuclear Power Plant. According to available data, the foundation slab will require around 43,000 cubic meters of reinforced concrete, and the concreting works are planned throughout the entire year.
The Paks site is located about 100 kilometers south of Budapest. The existing plant consists of four units commissioned between 1982 and 1987, while the intergovernmental agreement on the new units was signed in 2014.
The construction license was issued in 2022, and an earlier agreed framework plan foresees the new units being connected to the grid in the early 2030s. At the end of 2025, the Hungarian regulator issued permits for the start of first concrete works for future Unit 5.
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