Hungary and Romania are launching professional and political cooperation on extending the operating life of the Paks and Cernavoda nuclear power plants in order to complete the process as quickly as possible, announced Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on Tuesday in Bucharest.
Following his talks in Romania, the Minister stated that the neighboring country has now undoubtedly become a strategic partner of Hungary and contributes significantly to ensuring the security of our energy supply.
We have a very sensible cooperation in the field of energy supply. Both countries use nuclear energy, we are members of the European Nuclear Coalition, and we oppose the ideological attacks launched from Brussels against nuclear energy,”
he emphasized.
He pointed out that the operation of the Paks nuclear power plant is the main guarantee for the long-term maintenance of utility cost reductions in Hungary, which is why a decision was made to extend the operating life of the units, and Romania has recently decided on a similar measure.
“Today we agreed to launch professional and political cooperation on the extension of the operating life of the Cernavoda and Paks nuclear power plants in order to complete this process as quickly as possible from a professional point of view and to prevent Brussels from opposing it,” he said.
Péter Szijjártó emphasized that it is in the interest of both countries to increase the share of nuclear energy, as this will enable them to secure a reliable and inexpensive source of energy produced domestically.
Utility cost reductions can be protected with nuclear energy, because it is something we produce ourselves, we can produce it cheaply, and we can produce it reliably. Therefore, the greater the nuclear capacity in the country, the better we can protect the results of utility cost reductions,”
he explained.
“That is why we are extending the operating life of the existing units at the Paks nuclear power plant, and the Romanians are doing the same with their own power plant, so we are working together to ensure that we can both be successful,” he concluded.
Source: Hungary Today
