The Danube River is the second longest in Europe. It also sees a lot of commerce. (click here)
Vienna - Austria is planning to sue the European Commission (click here) for allowing Hungary to expand its Paks atomic plant, it said on Monday, not viewing nuclear energy as the way to combat climate change or as being in the common European interest.
The country, which shares a border with Hungary, prides itself on supporting environmentally sound energy. It has for decades opposed nuclear power, which triggers huge disagreements about cleanliness, safety, and renewability.
The anti-nuclear position was reiterated in a coalition agreement struck last month between Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s conservatives and the far-right Freedom Party.
“We in the government have agreed that there are sufficient reasons to sue (the Commission),” a spokesman for Austrian Sustainability Minister Elisabeth Koestinger said....
Let's not dilute the concern of Austria. The Hungarian nuclear reactor in Paks is very old considering the life of nuclear power plants. The plant is observed and reported on by the IAEA.
There are four nuclear plants in Hungary (click here).
Paks, Hungary
Hungary and Russia (click here) will start work on expanding the central European country's sole nuclear power plant.
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (click here) team of experts said Hungary's Paks Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) has improved operational safety by following recommendations and suggestions made in a 2014 IAEA review but noted that further work is needed.
The Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) today concluded a five-day follow-up mission to assess work the Paks NPP has conducted in response to the 2014 OSART mission.
OSART missions aim to improve operational safety by objectively assessing safety performance using the IAEA's Safety Standards and proposing recommendations and suggestions for improvement where appropriate. The follow-up missions are standard components of the OSART programme and are typically conducted within two years of the initial mission.
The Paks NPP operates four 500 MW pressurized water reactors in central Hungary....
