Hungary to review Paks nuclear plant expansion, ministerial nominee says

BUDAPEST, May 11 (Reuters) - Hungary will review the financing and implementation of the Paks nuclear power plant expansion project, the nominee for economy ‌and energy affairs minister said on Monday, as the new government laid out its strategy after a landslide election win.
The 12.5-billion-euro ($14.7 billion) project to expand the 2-gigawatt Paks nuclear power plant with two Russian-made VVER reactors was awarded in 2014 without a tender to Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom, and has been delayed by years.
Political observers often cited the project as a prime example of the close ties between Budapest and Moscow under former prime minister Viktor Orban, which the incoming government has vowed to change as part ⁠of a push to mend relations with the European Union.
"We need a transparent nuclear strategy," Istvan Kapitany told a parliamentary hearing.

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