Recent Developments in Nuclear Safety in Hungary, July 2024

The latest issue of HAEA’s Nuclear Safety Bulletin presenting a number of interesting articles is now available. The new issue covers the most significant statistical data on nuclear safety, the legal changes of the second half of 2023, the organisational changes in the HAEA, the development of HAEA’s communication tools, the nuclear emergency preparedness, the reactor scram at Paks NPP unit 4 due to malfunction, the regulatory oversight on the equipment takeover of the core-catcher and manufacturing process of the reactor pressure vessel belonging to the 5th unit of the new Paks II Nuclear Power Plant, the issue of a new operating licence to replace the expiring operating licence for the Budapest Research Reactor.

We also give an overview on the most significant domestic and international events, such as the "About atomic energy - for everyone" event in Debrecen, the nuclear safety challenges of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the training of IAEA inspectors in Hungary, the preparations for the IRRS mission, and the extended quadrilateral meeting hosted by HAEA.

You can find the Bulletin here.