Paks upgrade to ensure “sustainable, affordable, safe” energy, says official
Moscow (MTI) – Hungary’s Paks nuclear plant, to be upgraded with two new blocks, will ensure a sustainable, affordable and safe energy source for the country, Attila Aszódi, government commissioner in charge of the upgrade project, said in Moscow on Monday.
Addressing a plenary session of the Atomexpo 2016 international forum on nuclear energy, Aszódi said that in view of earlier accidents such as Chernobyl or Fukushima, the Hungarian project will pay increased attention to safety to ensure that “radioactive matter should not escape the facility in any circumstances”.
The commissioner said that return on investment in the new blocks, to be built by Russia’s Rosatom, will depend on the “cost of production, the capacity of the plant, and the price of electricity on the market”.
Referring to various forecasts, Aszódi said that the price of electricity on the global market could stand between 65-85 euros per MW between 2025 and 2040. The commissioner added that the upgraded plant would break even at 60 euros.
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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters
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