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Bilateral meetings on the margin of the 60th General Conference

2016.10.07

During the 60th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, representatives of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority initiated several bilateral meetings providing an opportunity to further strengthen international cooperation and the exchange of information.


In the bilateral meetings held with the nuclear regulatory authorities of the USA, the Republic of Belarus, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Croatia, the Russian Federation, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine, information was provided about the legislative changes in Hungary, the transfer of radiation protection related competences, the recent developments at the HAEA in connection with the new nuclear units, the status of the National Action Plan and the outcomes of the latest international missions (IRRS and EPREV) to Hungary.

Memoranda of Understanding were signed with the nuclear regulatory authorities of the Republic of Belarus and Ukraine giving a framework for a deeper regulatory cooperation. Upon these Memoranda the regulatory bodies shall cooperate in the areas of improving the legislative basis and quality management of the regulatory activities, the inspections programs, the regulatory supervision of management of nuclear materials, nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel, the regulatory assessments of plans and measures, actions taken by the regulatory bodies in the case of an emergency in the form of exchange of information and personnel, and through implementation of joint projects.

These meetings also gave the opportunity for the parties to identify new areas of cooperation and to mark the direction of cooperation for the next year. The experts of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority, moreover, held a consultation with the World Institute on Nuclear Security in order to define the possible ways of cooperation.