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Hungary’s New PM Questions Paks II Contract, Russia Says Work On Schedule

By David Dalton
18 August 2026

Budapest carrying out ‘full review of project’, including financing and cooling arrangements

Hungary’s New PM Questions Paks II Contract, Russia Says Work On Schedule
Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has said work at the Paks II site in Hungary is proceeding according to schedule. Courtesy Rosatom.
Hungary’s new prime minister Péter Magyar has questioned the sustainability and transparency of the contract for the construction of the Paks nuclear power station expansion project, but Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has said work at the site is proceeding according to schedule.

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