Nuclear Academy for Journalists

A comprehensive nuclear training program has been launched for journalists of newspapers of wide range. The aim of the Academy is to gain the journalists for the objective interpretation and - for this reason - to give them a large-scale knowledge and experience in connection with nuclear energy. The Academy consists of 10 all day long programs monthly, containing lectures, discussions, debates and technical visits to the Paks NPP, research and training reactors, institutions and facilities of waste disposal, etc. The Academy started at the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority in October 1999, and the closing ceremony will take place at the same place in June 2000. The journalists with active 'output' and regular attendance will have diplomas, which authorise them to use the 'Nuclear Journalist' title. The slogan of the Academy is: 'To gain and give objective information'