All the Paks data are public – according to the court
Paks contracts uncovered
Energy and publicity (conference, 17 November 2011.)
Revealed: British government's plan to play down Fukushima
The Paks pacts will become public
Decision on Paks expansion unfounded
The lawsuit of the strategic gas storage facility has been repeatedly postponed
Secret expansion in Paks – who should know the details of the expansion?
Corrupted energies- invitation to conference
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All the Paks data are public – according to the court
The Metropolitan Court of Budapest obliged the Hungarian Power Companies Ltd. (MVM Zrt.) to disclose all data pertaining to the Lévai project on the planned expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant. The company must disclose the affected data within 15 days.
Paks contracts uncovered
The Paks Nuclear Power Plant (Paksi Atomerőmű) disclosed the complete contracts of the Teller project related to the planned expansion of the plant. As we have reported earlier, following the Energiaklub’s successful data request suit the company disclosed the contracts about the planned nuclear power plant expansion but it redacted several sections, thus making them illegible. In order to get to know these details we submitted another request to the Power Plant, and it provided the whole...
Energy and publicity (conference, 17 November 2011.)
What can we know of energy issues? How and where is information on energy accessible? Which details concern the public and which are suppressed? What is published and how by the press? How is information leaked? How was the Fukushima accident presented by the Hungarian media?
Revealed: British government's plan to play down Fukushima
British government officials approached nuclear companies to draw up a co-ordinated public relations strategy to play down the Fukushima nuclear accident just two days after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and before the extent of the radiation leak was known.
The Paks pacts will become public
In its verdict of Wednesday, the Tolna County Court binds Paksi Atomerőmű Zrt. to disclose data of the Teller project that serves as a basis to the planned expansion of the nuclear power plant. The respondent shall disclose the documents regarding the total costs of the project and agreements made in the course of the project within 15 days. In its verdict of Wednesday, the Tolna County Court binds Paksi Atomerőmű Zrt. to disclose data of the Teller project that serves as a basis to the planned...
Decision on Paks expansion unfounded
It was not investigated whether surplus nuclear energy is needed and the public was not informed about the preparations - says the position paper, published by Sándor Fülöp, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Future Generations. The Ombudsman's Office investigated the circumstances of the parliamentary resolution on the expansion of Paks Nuclear Power Plant, to the appeal of Energiaklub.
The lawsuit of the strategic gas storage facility has been repeatedly postponed
The Metropolitan Court of Budapest postponed the suit instituted by the Energia Klub against the Hungarian Hydrocarbon Stockpiling Association (MSZKSZ) and the MMBF Földgáztároló Zrt. to make the contracts of the strategic gas storage facility public. With its request for data pertaining to the strategic gas storage facility, the Energia Klub expects answers to the following questions: the question of this gas storage facility affecting the money of the consumers – more precisely, how can and...
Secret expansion in Paks – who should know the details of the expansion?
While the atomic profession has long been promising open and honest communication to the public sensitive to nuclear issues, it is not willing to present the costs of the preparation project for the planned expansion in Paks. The Energia Klub considers it data of public utility and chose to institute legal action against Paks for the publicity of such information.The Energia Klub sues the Paks Nuclear Power Plant because it did not make the details of the so-called Teller project pertaining to...
Corrupted energies- invitation to conference
Energia Klub and the BCE Corruption Research Centre is honored to invite you to participate in the conference: Corrupted Energies - A conference on energy, state, transparency and corruption Why is the relation of energy and the state controversial? To what extent is regulation responsible for infringements? How corruption pervades the energy market? What did the Hungarian society lose because of all of these? These are the questions targeted at the conference, where the results of the...
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Secret expansion in Paks – who should know the details of the expansion?
While the atomic profession has long been promising open and honest communication to the public sensitive to nuclear issues, it is not willing to present the costs of the preparation project for the planned expansion in Paks. The Energia Klub considers it data of public utility and chose to institute legal action against Paks for the publicity of such information.
The constitutional cost of the MVM
The constitutional cost of the MVM
Tamás Bodoky„The corruption affairs of the BKV are dwarfed by the shenanigans going on at the state-owned Magyar Villamos Művek Zrt. (MVM, Hungarian Electric Works)”, addressed the Fidesz the prime minister last year, but the party has not touched this skeleton since the government change. The National Bureau of Investigation (NNI) has been investigating the transactions causing a loss of approximately ten billion...
Distinguished Gentlemen – The Fónagy-Podolák axis: national interests in energy policy
There was a field in the last governmental term where outstanding cooperation could be observed on several occasions between the governing party and the largest opposition power. The Fidesz and the MSZP passed bills that can determine the Hungarian energy market for years, or even decades, unanimously and without debate – sometimes even in opposition of the government. Probably nothing worked so smoothly in national politics in the past four years than the Fónagy-Podolák axis...
Media analysis of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster
In this research we are presenting the appearance of the disaster of the Fukushima nuclear power plant in the Hungarian online press (Index, Origó, NOL, MNO, Hetiválasz, Figyelőnet, HVG) with quantitative methods. However, we did not limit our research to news reports on the Fukushima disaster, but included all articles referencing Fukushima. This enables us to follow how reports on the events unfolded, from economic effects through news items about victims, damages and the dangers of...
AS FAR AS PAKS FROM FUKUSHIMA: THE PRESENTATION OF THE NUCLEAR ACCIDENT IN THE HUNGARIAN ELECTRONIC MEDIA
In our study we analyze how the mainstream Hungarian online press discussed the events of the Fukushima nuclear accident. We were asked to focus on the Hungarian contexts and analyze the ways atomic energy; the Paks Nuclear Power Plant and the Hungarian energy policy were mentioned and discussed in the context of the Japanese events.
THE ENERGY POLICY OF THE SECOND ORBÁN GOVERNMENT - Increasing state control
What are the characteristics of the Orbán government’s energy policy? What old, “time-tested” solutions or previously not used power techniques did the new government implement during its first year? Are there strong features of the two-thirds majority legislation? How does legislation represent the interest of energy lobbies? These are the questions investigated by the study prepared in the framework of the Energiaklub’s Control Energy Program, evaluating the...
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