Andrea Beatrix Kádár, President and László Juhász, Vice President of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authorithy visited Bucharest between October 29-30, 2024 at the invitation of the Romanian nuclear regulatory authority. During the two-day event, the hosts presented the main elements of the Romanian nuclear program and the ongoing activities of the authority.
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) Mission aims to conduct in-depth reviews of operational safety performance at Paks Nuclear Power Plant. The mission conducted at the request of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority and the MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant Ltd., began on 4 November and will last for more than two weeks.
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.