EU stand at the IAEA's 68th General Conference with Hungarian coordination: the IAEA Director General attends the official opening

EU stand

Under the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Hungary coordinated the setting up of the EU stand at the exhibition linked to the 68th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), where Hungary, Greece, Lithuania and Sweden were represented alongside the European Commission. On behalf of Hungary, the HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research (HUN-REN CER) coordinated the activities of the participating countries. In addition to the information material on nuclear safety and security, the experts presented a special radioactivity measurement simulator developed by HUN-REN CER. In addition, the nuclear forensic analysis, in which Hungary is a frontrunner (HUN-REN CER has been the IAEA Collaborating Centre in this field since 2016), was presented as a prominent theme of the exhibition. The official opening of the stand was attended by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi.

Photo by D. Calma/IAEA

In his speech, the IAEA Director General expressed his gratitude for the support of Member States in the field of nuclear safety, security and safeguards. On behalf of Hungary, Andrea Beatrix Kádár, president of HAEA, praised the outstanding Hungarian expertise in the field of forensic analysis, recalling that Hungary was the first country to become an IAEA Collaborating Centre. She also stressed the importance of international cooperation in the fight against nuclear terrorism and other threats by non-state actor.

For more information on nuclear forensic analysis and HUN-REN CER-IAEA cooperation, see our previous news here.