Major works have started on the Paks2 project

On 21 August 2023, Paks II. Atomic Power Plant project, a company belonging to the engineering department of Roszatom, began work on the construction phase of the new VVER-1200 units in Paks, according to infostart.hu, citing a statement by Roszatom.

As reported by our newspaper, representatives of the Hungarian and Russian sides signed an amendment to the contract for the construction of two new nuclear power plant units last Friday, 18 August signed an amendment to the contract for the construction of two new nuclear power plant units, after which the customer Paks II. Atomerőmű Zrt. issued an official notification to the main contractor that the project had entered its second phase, the construction phase.

Soil consolidation has also started

The recent announcement also stated that as a subcontractor of the Russian company

The Duna Aszfalt Zrt. has started preparations for excavation of the soil from the working pit of the future Block 6. Another subcontractor, Bauer Magyarország Kft., has started the preparation of the soil consolidation works and is continuing the construction of the diaphragm wall.

According to the announcement, the excavation of the excavation pit of the future Unit 6 to a level of minus 5 metres is a huge task: the size of the pit is equivalent to the area of four football pitches, from which about 1 million cubic metres of soil will have to be excavated and transported. "It is planned to complete this work on the Block 6 site before the end of autumn," reads a press release from Roszatom, which was also sent to Infostart.