Hungary and Russia agree on plan for new nuclear power reactors

Hungary and the Russian nuclear energy company Rosatom have agreed on a timetable for the long-planned expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant.

"It can now be stated with certainty that the two new units will be connected to the grid at the beginning of the 2030s," said Hungary's Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó on Tuesday.

He had just signed the corresponding agreement with Rosatom chief Alexei Likhachev at the Paks site, 100 kilometers south of Budapest. The two new units are to replace two of the four reactors currently in operation at the plant.