"On August 21, 2023, the general contractor of the Paks-2 NPP project JSC Atomstroyexport (the engineering division of Rosatom) began work on the main stage of construction of two new VVER-1200 generation 3+ power units. The contractor — the Hungarian company Duna Aszfalt Kft. — has started preparations for excavation of soil from the pit under the future block 6, while Bauer Magyarorszag Kft. has begun the mobilization of soil stabilization works and continued work on the construction of the impervious protection of the construction site," the corporation said in a statement.