Tag Archives: Paks II. Zrt.

While former Fidesz politician rents properties to Rosatom, his son is paid for cleaning toilets

Szabó András 2023.02.02.

The company of Sándor Kovács signed contracts with the Russians building the Paks II nuclear power plant in the amount of almost 3 million euros. Direkt36’s report shows that recently his son has also been contracted by them.

Sinking ground on the Paks II nuclear power plant site could further delay the project

Szabó András 2022.06.22.

The Hungarian authority assessing the plans of Russian Rosatom will have to make a decision whether safe construction above a fault line which is vulnerable to earthquakes is possible.

Inside the internal government conflict over the permit for the controversial Paks 2 nuclear power plant

Szabó András 2022.01.31.

Direkt36 learned that the construction permit for the Paks 2 nuclear power plant caused a conflict between two government members, László Palkovics and János Süli. Süli wanted the long-awaited green light for the project, but due to serious problems in the Russian plans identified by Palkovics’s team the government decided not to issue the permit.

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