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The existing Paks nuclear plant provides around 50 percent of Hungary's electricity production. The two new reactors will be Russian-made (Photo: MVM - Paks Nuclear Power Plant)

Hungary's nuclear power plant expansion unnerves Austria

Austria's Federal Environmental Agency has raised concerns over Hungary's planned Russian-built Paks II nuclear power station, saying it lies on an active seismological fault line.

The report adds to existing concerns over safety issues surrounding the expansion of the Paks nuclear plant, a project pushed by the government of prime minister Viktor Orbán.

"The potential occurrence of a perma...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

The existing Paks nuclear plant provides around 50 percent of Hungary's electricity production. The two new reactors will be Russian-made (Photo: MVM - Paks Nuclear Power Plant)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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