The Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) organized the third VVER Working Group workshop with industry in Hungary on 8-9 April 2025. Participants at the Budapest event shared their experiences to date with the design, licensing and construction of VVER-1200 type reactors. The designers themselves answered the questions raised.
The Spring Plenary Meeting of the Western European Nuclear Regulators Association (WENRA) was held in Bled, Slovenia on 8-9 April 2025, with the participation of Ms Andrea Beatrix Kádár, President and Mr László Juhász, Vice-President of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA). The most important highlights of the plenary meeting included discussion on the findings of the Eighth Review Meeting of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (under the Convention each Contracting Party prepares a national report on radioactive waste management every three years, which is reviewed by the Contracting Parties at the Review Meeting), the current situation of nuclear installations in Ukraine and updates on the harmonisation of legislation and other regulatory activities of the member states.
The third Chain Bridge Forum was held on 3 April 2025 in Budapest. The general objective of the Forum is the strengthening of relations between Hungary and the United Kingdom, and discussion of relevant economic, energy, social and foreign policy issues of common interest with the participation of experts. Following the tradition of previous years, this year’s event also paid special attention to the nuclear energy: one of the invited guests of the thematic panel was Ms Eszter Rétfalvi, Director of Oversight of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA).
The 56th plenary meeting of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) was held in Brussels on 1 April 2025. The Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA) was represented at the event by President Andrea Beatrix Kádár.
The Contracting Parties to the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management held their eighth Review Meeting in Vienna from 17 to 28 March, where the Hungarian national report was presented and discussed. Hungary was represented at the Review Meeting by a delegation led by the President of the HAEA, Andrea Beatrix Kádár.