National Atomic Energy Agency

The members of the IAEA BoG are discussing the safety issues during the regular session at the headquarters in Vienna. The PAA President, Dr Łukasz Młynarkiewicz, and the Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Vienna, Ambassador Dominika Krois, represented Poland during the first day of the session.

Improvement of the radiation protection system and the new Strategy were at the heart of the 29th HERCA Board of Heads (BoH) meeting held in Budapest on 19-20 May. Poland was represented by Andrzej Głowacki – Vice President of the PAA.

The PAA initiated co-operation with another foreign partner, which is the Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration (SNSA). The Memorandum of Understanding on nuclear safety and radiation protection was signed in Ljubljana during the Polish visit to Slovenia.

The public consultation period of documents underlying the second Topical Peer Review in the EU and Switzerland will last until 27 May 2022. The current TPR 2 focuses on fire protection and safety. In Poland, TPR 2 will be performed at the MARIA research reactor.

More than 900 experts from nearly 130 countries attended the first international conference on nuclear law. This was the first-ever such event hosted by IAEA. The PAA representatives also participated in the conference. The Polish delegation was headed by President Dr Łukasz Młynarkiewicz.

The representatives of the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) and the Office of Technical Inspection (UDT) are now participating in a 3-month on-the-job training (OJT) in the US. The purpose is to strengthen the Agency’s human resources of experts and inspectors, who will be participating in the supervision and operation of the first nuclear power plant in Poland.

The Council of Ministers adopted a resolution on the approval of the strategy and policy on the development of nuclear safety and radiation protection of the Republic of Poland, submitted by the Minister of Climate and the Environment.