He said the government had “very good reasons” not to publish analysis on this subject, but declined to reveal from where he obtained these documents.

The MVM document includes recommendations from an internal group of experts based on an updated feasibility study from May 2014. He said the study is “generally of very low standard, full of wrong or outdated pre-conceptions and calculations based on unrealistic market conditions.”

Two other reports from the MTA reveal that the 2400 MW electricity to be generated by Paks 2 will not be fit to link up to the Hungarian electricity system, Jávor insisted.

He said if built, Paks 2 will require further costly investment to work, and it will oust the existing blocks from production, bringing the usage rate of these blocks down to 60 percent from the current 90%.

He added that it is possible that two or even three blocks from the current four will have to be shut down to prevent “a collapse of the Hungarian electricity system”.

While the new blocks will generate losses of hundreds of billion forints annually, the currently profitable blocks will also be loss-making, he said.

Citing another document from the MTA, he said there are problems forecast regarding the cooling system of the six blocks that are planned to run simultaneously if the upgrade is built.

One of the problems will create a rise in the temperature of the river Danube near Paks, with an effect that could spiral off up to Hungary’s southern border, and seriously damage wildlife on the river.

To prevent this situation whereby the river could heat up to as much as 30 degrees Celsius, some of the blocks will have to go offline temporarily from time to time, Jávor said.

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