National Atomic Energy Agency

On December 16, the Acting President of the PAA, Vice President Andrzej Głowacki, hosted a delegation from the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS) headed by KINS President, Sok Chul Kim.

As of December 15, 2022, the Minister of Climate and Environment, Anna Moskwa, entrusted the performance of the duties of the President of the National Atomic Energy Agency to Vice President Andrzej Głowacki.

The celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) and topics of licensing and safety of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are lead topics in the 4/2022 issue of the "Nuclear Safety and Radiological Protection" bulletin, which is now available on the PAA website. The bulletin also discusses the effects of low radiation doses and Chernobyl tourism.

Dr Łukasz Młynarkiewicz submitted his resignation from office of the President of the PAA to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. The Prime Minister accepted this resignation and recalled Dr. Młynarkiewicz from the office of the President of the PAA as of December 14, 2022.

Licensing and safety assessment of new nuclear power plants were the main topics of the workshop organized by the PAA in Warsaw. The event was attended by American experts from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of the United States of America (US NRC).

More than 10 years after the disaster of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, representatives of the nuclear sector from around the world met in Tokyo to discuss measures taken after 2011 to strengthen nuclear safety. Poland was represented by the President of the PAA, Dr Łukasz Młynarkiewicz. The President of the PAA also participated in the meeting of the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities of the Nuclear Energy Agency, which was also held in the capital of Japan.

Another resolution condemning the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine was adopted by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency. In the adopted resolution, the IAEA does not recognize attempts by the Russians to take over the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant.

The first nuclear power plant in Poland will be built on the basis of the American technology of Westinghouse Nuclear, the government decided. On Wednesday, November 2, the Council of Ministers adopted a resolution on this matter. The National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) will supervise the safe implementation of this project.

Each year PAA’s inspectors carry out around 1000 inspections in institutions that use ionizing radation. The National Atomic Energy Agency of the Republic of Poland also monitors the radiation situation round the clock. These are only examples of PPA’s actions for nuclear safety and radiological protection, which have been a priority for the Agency for 40 years. On 17th of October 2022, the anniversary celebebrations of the National Atomic Energy Agency took place in Warsaw.