Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has confirmed that Romania will continue to allow the transport of Russian nuclear fuel to Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant.
The two countries have signed agreements to increase the capacity of the natural gas connection and prepare for a new electricity connection. The Russian fuel for the Paks plant was previously transported by train via Ukraine, but the route has changed due to the Russian war with Ukraine. Three deliveries have been made along the new route this year. Romania’s Transport Minister Sorin Grindeanu and Szijjarto agreed on two new border crossing points between the countries, increasing the number of border crossing points to 14. Hungary supports Romania’s accession to the Schengen area within the European Union. The four units at Paks are VVER-440 reactors, which produce about half of Hungary’s electricity. The Hungarian Parliament approved a proposal to extend their lifespan, allowing preparations to begin operating the plant into the 2050s. Hungary is also pushing ahead with the Paks 2 project, launched in 2014 by an intergovernmental agreement between Hungary and Russia for two VVER-1200 reactors supplied by Rosatom.
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Romania Will Allow Russian Nuclear Fuel to Transit to Hungary
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