At this session which is traditionally held twice a year, participating States exchanged views on the draft Programme and Working Budget 2025-2026 of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD NEA), in order to ensure the continued high quality of the OECD NEA's work and a predictable funding of research in the coming period. At the meeting with the participation of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority, Member States agreed that the accession of the United States to the OECD NEA Data Bank provides a great potential for developing opportunities for cooperation in the field of research, and joint implementation of nuclear energy projects.
In October, at the third meeting of the EU Working Party on Atomic Questions, held during the Hungarian EU Presidency, Member States reviewed the situation of nuclear safety and security of nuclear installations in Ukraine.
According to the EU Nuclear Safety Directive (2014/87/EURATOM (NSD)), every six years a thematic peer review (Topical Peer Review - TPR), i.e. a peer review focusing on a specific technical area, is required in all Member States where nuclear installations are in operation.
Andrea Beatrix Kádár, President of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA), received on 8 October 2024 William D. Magwood, Director General of the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD NEA). At the bilateral meeting among other issues the parties reviewed the main developments since the OECD NEA Director General's last visit to Budapest in 2021, and questions related to small modular reactors.
The delegation of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority, led by President Andrea Beatrix Kádár, participated in the 68th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, which began on 16 September 2024 in Vienna.