The new issue of HAEA’s Nuclear Safety Bulletin presenting a number of interesting articles is now available. In the new issue, you can read about the most significant statistical data on nuclear safety, the Parliamentary Report on the activities of the HAEA in 2021, nuclear emergency preparedness and the licensing procedures of Paks II. Nuclear Power Plant Ltd. We also give an overview on the most significant international events, such as the 66th IAEA General Conference in Vienna, the visit of the HAEA President to the IAEA and the Finnish regulatory authority (STUK) as well as the nuclear safety challenges of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. In the new issue of the Bulletin we emphasize that Hungary has been providing guarantee for the peaceful use of nuclear materials to the International Atomic Energy Agency for 50 years.
From 17 to 20 October 2022, the Turkish Nuclear Regulatory Authority hosted a delegation of senior officials and experts from the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority, led by Andrea Beatrix Kádár, President of the HAEA. As part of the programme, the delegation visited the construction site of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant and the heads of the Turkish and Hungarian authorities signed a renewed cooperation agreement (Memorandum of Understanding).
Between October 4 and 14 in 2022 in the frame of a training course organized by the HAEA, nine foreign nuclear specialists visiting Hungary as the last stage of a 9-month IAEA training, during which they learn about the Hungarian safeguards system which systems aim is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.