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Austria to sue EU over allowing expansion of Hungary nuclear plant via Reuters

VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria is planning to sue the European Commission 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 … Continue reading

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Notebook With Top Secret Data on Hungarian Nuclear Power Plant Stolen via Sputnik

A notebook containing sensitive information on the planned enlargement of Hungary’s sole nuclear power plant has been stolen from a car belonging to one NPP executive, the Blikk newspaper reported. The incident took place in the capital city of Budapest in May. […] The notebook has not … Continue reading

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Hungary’s opposition organises protest against nuclear plant via euronews

Hungary’s left-wing opposition parties organised a rally on Sunday in protest at a government deal with Russia to expand the country’s only nuclear power plant. Many Hungarians are angry because the agreement which provides for two new reactors at the … Continue reading

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Nuclear deal between Russia and Hungary via euronews

Moscow is to lend Budapest up to 10 billion euros in a nuclear cooperation agreement finalised during a visit to Russia by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The leader of the former Soviet bloc state had warm praise for his … Continue reading

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European iodine mystery solved via World Nuclear News

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. Authorities in that country today informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of their theory … Continue reading

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