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Nuclear energy must remain an area of normal international cooperation, said Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó in Sochi on Monday. On the sidelines of the Atomexpo he also announced the start of Turkish gas deliveries.
Hungary’s Foreign Minister once again rejected all ideological approaches that question the peaceful use of nuclear energy. “Ideologies have nothing in common with energy supply, at least as long as the energy sources cannot be transported in backpacks or sports bags,” said Szijjártó, somewhat sarcastically, referring to the need for infrastructure. In this sense, it will strengthen the country’s energy independence if Turkish natural gas is pumped to Hungary for the first time via the TurkStream gas pipeline from April 1st – initially only 275 million m3 are planned for the current year3 intended for deliveries.
At least the EU has ended the discussion that sought to discriminate against nuclear power investments. This is vital because, according to forecasts, the community’s electricity needs could increase by half by 2030. Hungary is therefore pushing ahead with its Paks 2 nuclear power plant project, which is being implemented in collaboration with Rosatom as general contractor and numerous Western companies. In addition to the Russians, according to him, companies from the USA, Germany, France and Switzerland are involved in the project.
Szijjártó spoke of further “milestones” in the implementation of the “project of the century”. Rosatom has already manufactured the first nuclear technology systems and production of the reactor vessel will begin in April. Meanwhile, German and US companies are taking care of the soil consolidation, and Framatome is negotiating with Siemens about German-French control technology.
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