"Rosatom" to involve Turkish partners in construction of Hungary's Paks-2 NPP

Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom plans to involve Turkish partners in the implementation of the project, the company’s Director General Alexei Likhachev said, without specifying whom exactly. Budapest has previously indicated a possible revision of the project's implementation terms. Rosatom expressed readiness to answer any questions.

"We plan to get Turkish partners participating in the construction in Hungary," Likhachev told journalists during a visit to the Indonesian capital Jakarta.

Construction of the Paks-2 NPP began in February 2026. In November 2025, the United States lifted sanctions from the Hungarian NPP project and allowed associated banks to conduct financial operations.
The day before, the candidate for the post of Minister of Economy and Energy of Hungary, Istvan Kapitany, outlined the new government’s intention to review the terms of the Paks NPP expansion project. The country's new cabinet has not yet been approved.

"We need a transparent nuclear strategy. We must review the financing and expenses for Paks-2, as well as the terms of its implementation. These are classified contracts that we have not yet seen; we need to study them," he said.
Reuters noted that under Hungary’s former Prime Minister Viktor Orban,  the  NPP project had long been perceived by political observers as a symbol of close ties between Budapest and Moscow. The new government, led by Peter Magyar, said it would review relations with Russia as part of a course to normalize dialogue with the European Union.  

In response to Kapitany's remarks about the prospect of revising the terms of the Paks NPP expansion project, Alexei Likhachev stated that Rosatom is ready to answer any questions from Hungarian authorities about the project.

"We understand the economics of such projects better than anyone else in the world. Numbers are a rational thing. We can easily explain and justify them if required by the Hungarian customer," he emphasized.

Viktor Orban previously suggested that if the project had been implemented earlier, Hungary's economy "would be in a much better state." He described the long delay as a "serious government failure."

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