The Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority’s membership application to MDEP was accepted

The Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) was established by OECD NEA as a multinational initiative to develop innovative approaches to leverage the resources and knowledge of the national regulatory authorities who are currently or will be tasked with the review of new reactor power plant designs.

Within the MDEP, there are several working groups for different reactor technologies. One of them is the VVER working group with members from India, Finland, Turkey and the Russian Federation. The VVER WG’s main objectives are to leverage resources and ensure that the VVER design reviews remain safety-focused, and to exchange information about their safety reviews of new NPPs with VVER technology.

Hungary has plans to build two new units at the Paks site, using Russian designed, VVER-1200 plants. The goal of HAEA’s membership in MDEP is to exchange information in order to prepare for the licensing of the new units.

For more information please see MDEP's website.