NPP Paks allowed to heat up the Danube
2024-07-28
A draft legislation, published on 27 July 2024, would significantly change the conditions for operating the Paks nuclear power plant: while previously there were clear limits on the extent to which the plant could heat up the Danube, in future this could be overridden any time by a ministerial decision. According to the Energiaklub Policy Institute, the Association of Hungarian Nature Conservationists and the EMLA Environmental Management and Law Association, arbitrary intervention in the Danube environment is not justified; the only reasoning behind this draft is to ensure easier operation of the plant during critical periods, which could have unforeseeable consequences on water life.