The company overseeing preparations to build two new reactor units at the Paks nuclear site in Hungary is planning to submit its construction licence application by the end of June, despite the fact that the coronavirus pandemic has forced it to reschedule some work.

István Lenkei, chief executive officer of Paks II Ltd, said in an article for the Brussels-based industry group Foratom, that thousands of different levels of regulatory approval are needed to build the new facility, of which more than 400, including some key licences, have already been obtained.

“We are working on the most complex task of the licensing phase, the compilation of the implementation license documentation,” he said in the article. “The submission of the application for the implementation licence, scheduled for 30 June 2020, will be an important project milestone for this year.