The regular meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency was held in Vienna from 18 to 22 November 2019. Hungary participated in the meeting as member of the Board of Governors. Highlights of the meeting included the 2020-2021 project cycle of the IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme, a report on the previous cycle, and Acting Director Cornel Feruta providing detailed information on IAEA inspections in Iran.
On 28-29 October, 2019, the HAEA hosted the annual Austrian-Hungarian bilateral meeting, which was attended by several Austrian and Hungarian experts. During the meeting both parties informed each other about the main changes, results and developments of the past year and the challenges ahead. The main topics of the meeting were the changes in the legal framework, the recent developments at Paks NPP, the status of the Paks II project, emergency preparedness, radiation protection, radioactive waste management, the results of the EU topical peer review in Hungary about the aging management of nuclear facilities, and the IRRS Missions in both countries.
The Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority would like to draw the attention of the existing and future Licensees, that the registration form called Declaration of Conformity – described in the subsection (8) Section 35 of Government Decree 190/2011 (IX. 19.) on physical protection requirements for various application of atomic energy and the corresponding system of licensing, reporting and inspection – used to register D-level shipments, has been changed.
The International Atomic Energy Agency in cooperation with the US Department of Energy, the MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant Ltd. and the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority organised a national workshop in Paks, Hungary, between 8-11th October, about the organisation and execution of the performance-based nuclear security exercises, called Force on Force exercises (simulating combat).