Rosatom secures construction permit for Paks-2 NPP in Hungary

MOSCOW. Aug 26 (Interfax) - Hungary's Atomic Energy Authority has granted Russia's Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation a ten-year permit to build the fifth and sixth generating units of the Paks nuclear power plant, materials on the agency's website confirm.

The documents indicate that construction could begin in October 2022.

Soviet-designed Paks NPP, which is currently Hungary's sole operating NPP, has four power units with VVER-440 reactors with total capacity of about 2 GW. The Hungarian parliament in 2009 approved the construction of two new power units at the NPP, though the lengthy proceedings of the European Commission have affected the construction timeframe.