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Russia Announces Official Start Of Construction At Hungary’s Paks-5 Nuclear Plant

By David Dalton
5 February 2026

Ceremony held to mark pouring of first concrete for first of two new reactors

Russia Announces Official Start Of Construction At Hungary’s Paks-5 Nuclear Plant
Hungary’s minister for foreign affairs and trade Peter Szijjártó said that thanks to the new Paks units, Hungary will be able to independently produce up to 70% of its electricity needs. Courtesy Peter Szijjártó/Paks.
Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has begun pouring first concrete for the foundation of the reactor building for the first of two new units at the Paks nuclear station in Hungary.

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