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According to Austrian researchers, Paks has a realistic chance of a devastating earthquake, so it is not suitable for installing a nuclear power plant

The experts requested by the Austrian environmental authority are from MVM Paks II. Analyzing the data of the geological research carried out by Zrt. During the preparation of the Paks expansion, it was concluded that the Paks Nuclear Power Plant and the planned Paks II. the site of the nuclear power plant is not suitable for the construction of a nuclear power plant on the basis of Hungarian regulations and international recommendations, type in Transparent.

Dr. Kurt Decker, a geologist at the University of Vienna, told the paper that significant differences had been found between the geological survey report and the site safety report made from it. According to him, the fault line is still active and capable, so there is a realistic chance of a devastating earthquake at Paks.

The fact that Paks lies on a fault line was revealed in 2017, but then it was said the fault line was not capable. Evidence from 20-30 major earthquakes was found in the Final Geological Report, all of which have been documented to have occurred in the Paks region over the past 30,000 years. This is a very high earthquake density in a geological sense.


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