The Government of Hungary in collaboration with the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) and the U.S. Department of Energy will hold the Fierce Falcon Workshop between 10-12 April 2018 in Budapest. The workshop will focus on securing radiological material, detecting acts of radiological material theft, the immediate response actions to theft, and the search for and recovery of a stolen radiological source.
The IAEA Board of Governors held its first 2018 meeting between 5-8 March with the attendance of HAEA’s representative. The IAEA Board of Governors March 2018 meeting among others discussed the Nuclear Safety Review 2018 and the Nuclear Technology Review 2018. After the discussion, both documents were accepted by the Board. Other issues, such as the nuclear verification in Iran, the application of safeguards in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the implementation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty safeguards agreement in the Syrian Arab Republic were also discussed at the meeting.