On the invitation of Minister of State for Climate Change and Energy Pál Kovács and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent UN Representative Balázs Csuday, President of the Indonesian Atomic Agency As Natio Lasman and his deputies visited the Paks Nuclear Power Plant on 15 September. The purpose of the visit was to strengthen professional relations between the two countries and map cooperation opportunities in the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

In welcoming the delegation, Minister of State Kovács was assisted by Security Director of the MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant Gábor Volent and nuclear expert Gábor Németh. The members of the delegation visited the Information and Visitor Centre, the reactor hall in Block 4 and the Maintaining and Practice Centre of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant.

During the lectures an overview was given of the current status and tasks of nuclear industry in Hungary. The specialists found their visit highly successful and expressed that they were prepared to utilise their experiences obtained in the Hungarian nuclear industry in their regulatory practice.

(Prime Minister’s Office)