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Hungary clears way to extend nuclear plant
Budapest (AFP) March 31, 2009 Planning can start on the extension of Hungary's sole nuclear plant now that parliament has given its green light to the project, Energy Minister Csaba Molnar said Tuesday. "Parliament gave its almost unanimous consent to the start of the planning phase," Molnar told journalists. The day before, 330 deputies had voted in favour and six against, while there were five abstentions. According to Hungarian law, parliament must approve construction of nuclear sites. Hungary currently has a single nuclear power plant, the Soviet-made Paks plant 100 kilometres (62 miles) south of Budapest, which produces 1,970 megawatts (MW) of electricity each year from four blocks, covering just over one third of the country's annual energy consumption. Molnar did not say how many new blocks would be built or by how much capacity would be increased. He did say that each additional 1,000 MW capacity would cost an estimated 2.0-2.5 billion euros (2.7-3.3 billion dollars). Planning and construction of the new blocks will take 12 years, said a spokesman for the nuclear plant, Istvan Mittler. By that time, the significance of Paks for Hungary's energy supply will have increased because other plants producing about 6,000 MW are scheduled to become obsolete by 2020, Molnar said. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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