Attila Aszódi said the 30-year period was decided in accordance with the law on the protection of classified data and approved by head of the National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Attila Péterfalvy.

Altogether 69 nuclear reactor blocks are being built around the world and none of the associated contracts have been made public, Aszódi said. In addition to the obvious technical and security aspects, there are trade secrets.

The procurement tenders laid down in the contract will take place only in the future, he said. Hungary’s technical, security and trade preferences and strategies would be identifiable from the contracts as well as information on the preparatory phase, he added.

Hungary’s alternatives could be revealed and this would harm the country’s interests. The handling of data on the investment project to expand the capacity of Paks meets all European Union principles and concrete regulations, Aszódi said.

Commenting on Transparency International’s call for a constitutional review of the law on data handling and a request for access to data that formed the basis of decisions, the commissioner said he would ask TI to reveal its findings in connection with all the 69 ongoing nuclear power station expansion projects around the world.

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