Report on Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority's Activities in 2010

In Hungary the use of atomic energy is governed by law (Act CXVI of 1996 on atomic energy, hereafter Atomic Act). In accordance with this Act, the control and supervision of the safety of applications is in the hand of the Government. The legal frame divides the basic regulatory tasks between the director-general of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA) and the minister in charge of health. The HAEA is a public administration body acting in the field of peaceful applications of atomic energy with specified scope of tasks and authority, being independent from both organizational and financial points of view.