Here’s when the two blocks of the Paks NPP will be ready
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The upgrade of the Paks nuclear plant is progressing apace, with the number of workers there at 900 and growing, the manufacturing of equipment with long production times under way, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said in Istanbul on Wednesday, adding that the construction was en route to conclude the two new blocks by the start of the next decade.
Péter Szijjártó said ahead of a meeting with Alexey Likhachev, the head of general contractor Rosatom, that they would discuss the state of the works and the most important tasks of the period ahead, according to a statement from the foreign ministry.
Szijjártó said that the group of Russian, western European, American and Hungarian companies working on the project raised hope that “at some point, everyone will return to common sense, once we’re over the political and ideological issues and the war psychosis.”
Currently, soil stabilisation is under way, a cruical step ahead of pouring concrete, which is expected to start “in a few months”, he said.
