French-German consortium to supply block control unit for Paks nuclear power station

The French-German consortium of Framatome SAS-Siemens AG will supply the block control unit of the Paks II nuclear power plant, the project's Russian main contractor Rosatom said on Tuesday. After winning the project in an open bid, representatives of the consortium and Rosatom subsidiary Rusatom Automated Control Systems (RASU) signed the contract in Moscow on October 22. The contract is for the construction, supply and installation of the block control unit for blocks 5 and 6 at Hungary's sole nuclear power station in Paks.