Hungary will maintain the nuclear agreement with the US, signed during the Orban government

The Hungarian government has asked Parliament to give legal force to the civil nuclear cooperation agreement signed with the United States in February, during Viktor Orban’s government. The move confirms that the administration led by Prime Minister Peter Magyar intends to honor the agreement, even though Washington publicly supported Orban ahead of the April elections.

The bill was submitted on Thursday, the same day Foreign Minister Anita Orban arrived in Washington for meetings with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the signing of memorandums on energy and law enforcement. Parliament is expected to approve the document, as the government holds a two-thirds majority.

The agreement signed on February 16 covers cooperation in civil nuclear energy, including the development of small modular reactors (SMRs). Hungary is being encouraged to use US technology and companies in its new projects.

Budapest has already taken steps to access SMR technology and has entered into a partnership with Synthos Green Energy. In November 2025, Hungary also signed an agreement on the purchase of US nuclear fuel and technology for storing spent fuel at a Russian-built power plant.

The government is also considering replacing Russia’s Rosatom in the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant and could make a decision by the end of this year or early 2027.