According to Aszódi, Hungary is “in a very fortunate position” as it has a number of options for managing the spent fuel. It could temporarily store it in country, return it to Russia for temporary storage or processing, or have it processed by a third party country, the commissioner said.

Yesterday Cabinet Chief János Lázár said that the European Commission approved Hungaryʼs contract with Russia regarding the delivery of fuel during the upgrade of Hungary’s sole nuclear power plant Paks.