National Atomic Energy Agency

On 3 March, the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), during an emergency meeting, called at the request of Poland and Canada, adopted a resolution deploring Russian aggression against Ukraine and calling for the cessation of all actions against nuclear facilities on its territory. During the 2-day Board’s session, Poland was represented by Dr. Łukasz Młynarkiewicz, President of the Polish National Atomic Energy Agency, and Dominika Krois, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations Office in Vienna.

On February 27, at an extraordinary meeting, the European Nuclear Regulators Group (ENSREG) met with representatives of the European Commission, the International Atomic Energy Agency and the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU). Poland was represented by the President and Deputy President of the National Atomic Energy Agency. The ENSREG meeting was devoted to the situation in Ukraine.

In a request submitted on February 26 to the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Poland and Canada, as the Board members, requested that an emergency meeting of the Board be convened in view of the situation in Ukraine and the related implications for nuclear safety and radiological protection.

The nuclear waste storage facilities in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have not been damaged, the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) informs. SNRIU adds that the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is occupied by Russian troops, while the elevated radiation levels recorded by the radiation monitoring system in the zone are caused by moving heavy vehicles which lift contaminated dust from the soil into the air.

Due to the situation in the vicinity of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the National Atomic Energy Agency informs that the radiation levels in Poland remain normal, and that there is no threat to human health and life in the territory of the Republic of Poland.

The principles of nuclear power plants licensing were one of the topics of the meeting attended by the President and Vice-President of the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) and representatives of Polish Nuclear Power Plants Ltd. (PEJ) and the Southern Nuclear, American operator of nuclear power plants. PAA is preparing for its role as a supervisor in the construction and operation of future Polish nuclear power plants.

On December 2, representatives of the National Atomic Energy Agency met with representatives of the Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration (SNSA). The meeting was chaired by the PAA President Dr. Łukasz Młynarkiewicz and SNSA Director Igor Sirc.

A decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster hundreds of experts summarized actions undertaken to date, and discussed the plan to strengthen nuclear safety in Vienna. The discussions taken part during the International Atomic Energy Agency’s International Conference. The event was attended by the President and Vice-president of the National Atomic Energy Agency of Poland of Poland (PAA).