Important decision of the Hungarian Parliament

The Hungarian Parliament approved on 21 November 2005, with 339 yes, 4 no and 8 abstention votes a resolution on the preliminary approval in principle to initiate activities of preparing for the establishment of a radioactive waste repository for low and medium level radioactive waste, on the one hand and on the extension of the operational life time of Paks Nuclear Power Plant, on the other. The resolution reads as follows:

The Hungarian Parliament approved on 21 November 2005, with 339 yes, 4 no and 8 abstention votes a resolution on the preliminary approval in principle to initiate activities of preparing for the establishment of a radioactive waste repository for low and medium level radioactive waste, on the one hand and on the extension of the operational life time of Paks Nuclear Power Plant, on the other. The resolution reads as follows: “Under Act CXVI of 1996 on Atomic Energy, Article 7, Section (2) the Parliament approves, preliminarily and in principle to initiate activities of preparing for the establishment of a radioactive waste repository for low and medium level waste in the administrative area of Bátaapáti, in the region of Bátaapáti (Üveghuta), in a territory which was previously qualified suitable from geological point of view. The Parliament takes note of the information on the extension of the operational life time of Paks Nuclear Power Plant, as a solution necessary for the long time and safe provision of the country with electric energy.”