Cooperation. Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev and Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó had a meeting in Budapest. Alexey Likhachev and Peter Szijjártó noted the quick pace of construction works at the new power units to be built at the Paks NPP. Last year, the excavation pit was sunk to the groundwater level ahead of schedule, and the impervious blanket was installed. Currently, the soil is being stabilized to enable the lowering of the excavation to the planned depth of 30 meters in the summer of 2024. After that, the work will begin to prepare the pit for concreting operations. “With the momentum gained, we may expect the on-site preparations to be completed by the end of this year, which will enable us to proceed to the first concrete pouring. I believe therefore that this year will be especially significant for the entire project. It is no less important that we have made much progress in optimizing and updating the EPC contract, working together with the Hungarian party,” Alexey Likhachev pointed out.