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New lease of life for Paks

Regulation and Safety

08 January 2013

Paks NPP (Image: Paks NPP)Hungary's nuclear power plant, Paks, is set to operate for another 20 years with approval from nuclear safety regulators. The plant supplies over 40% of the country's electricity.

Fuel cycle roundup #1

Exploration and Nuclear Fuel

29 June 2012

• Energy Fuels to take over Denison assets
• Kazakh sulphuric acid facility completed
• Government support for Mecsek Hills

Hungarian repository receives first waste

Waste and Recycling

18 December 2012

Bataapati repository inauguration 48A ceremony has been held to mark the official opening of Hungary's national radioactive waste repository in Bataapati. During the ceremony, the first package of waste was placed in the initial storage chamber.

European iodine mystery solved

Regulation and Safety

17 November 2011

The cause of trace detection of radioactive iodine-131 in Europe has been identified as 'most probably' a release from a Hungarian factory making medical isotopes.